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| Crew: 7 | CDR - Terence T. Henricks |
| Plt - Kevin R. Kregel (IV 1) | |
| MS 1 - Richard M. Linnehan (EV 2) | |
| MS 2 - Susan J. Helms (PLC & EV 1) | |
| MS 3 - Charles E. Brady | |
| PS 1 - Jean-Jacques Favier | |
| PS 2 - Robert B. Thirsk | |
| Launch | 20 June 1996 @ 1049:00 EDT |
| Orbital incl: | 39 |
| Max alt: | 224.1 km. |
| Orbits: | 271 |
| Dur: | 16:21:47:35 |
| Landing: | 7 July 1996 @ 0836:35 EDT |
| Launch Window: | 2 hours, 30 minutes (10:49 am - 1:19 pm EDT) |
| TAL Sites: | Ben Guerir, Morocco (Alternate: Moron & Zaragoza, Spain) |
| AOA site: | Edwards AFB (Alternates: KSC & WS) |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF (Scheduled: 8:38 am EDT, 6 July) |
| Landing Speed: | 214 knots (246 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 9,336' from main gear touchdown (2,304' from threshold) |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,517,981 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 254,823 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 228,009 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 23,537 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | Same |
| Special mission kits: | 2 EUM's, SORG, MAR, PSA, MUP, TIPS, Laptops, 4 CCD PLDB Cameras, 5 loaded cryo-tanks, OI-24 Software (10th flight), Four Sleep Stations (Berths), Regenerable CO2 Removal System, ALBERT (Advanced Lower Body Restraint System), Bicycle Ergometer, PPOV (Pilot's Point-Of-View) Camera 'Lipstick Video Camer' System, and no RMS |
| LMS - Life & Microgravity Spacelab | Long Module, Unit #2, total mass - 21,272 lbs. Also flown - AGHF (Advanced Gradient Heating Facility), MMA (Microgravity Measurement Assembly), BDPU, SAMS, OARE (in payload bay), and APCF |
| EDO - Extended Duration Orbiter pallet | Mass - 3,600 lbs. empty, 7,000 fully loaded. 8th use. |
| Mid-deck | BRIC-08 Block II & SAREX-II Configuration C (Callsigns: Helms - KC7NH2, Brady - N4BQW, Thirsk - VA3CSA). Also - CANOLAB (Canadian Student Experiment). French Student Experiments - several different experiments for the ANSTJ Youth Group, conducted by Favier. |
| SSME's: | 2041 (1) - 1st use, 2039 (2) - 2nd use, 2036 (3) - 3rd use. 104% at tower clear. 2nd flight with three Block I Engines. |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-05/115 - Pod & Motor both 9th use, & RP-01/101 - Pod 25th use, Motor 13th use |
| ET: | ET-79 (LWT-72) |
| SRB's: | BI-081 (RSRM-55) - Set successfully recovered. |
| 16 January 1996 | ET-79 arrives on dock KSC |
| 9 March 1996 | OV-102 returns to OPF-2 following Mission-75/STS-75 |
| 23 April 1996 | LMS Spacelab payload installed into the orbiter while in the OPF |
| 3 May 1996 | ET-79/SRB mate in VAB High Bay-3 |
| 21 May 1996 | OV-102 rollover from the OPF to the VAB High Bay for stacking overnight |
| 29 May 1996 | Stack rollout to Pad 39B |
| 5 June 1996 | TCDT Countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard |
| 17 June 1996 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 4:00 am EDT. Astronaut arrival at KSC |
| 20 June 1996 | Launch |
| 7 July 1996 | Landing at KSC/SLF, returning to OPF-1 by 4:30 pm EDT that same day |