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| Crew: 6 | CDR - William F. Readdy |
| Plt - Terrence W. Wilcutt | |
| MS 1 - Jerome Apt (EV 2) | |
| MS 2 - Thomas D. Akers (PLC & IV 1) | |
| MS 3 - Carl E. Walz (EV 1) | |
| MS 4 - John E. Blaha (NASA 3) up | |
| MS 4 - Shannon W. Lucid (NASA 2) down | |
| Launch | 16 September 1996 @ 0454:19 EDT |
| Orbital incl: | 51.66 |
| Max alt: | 394.3 km. |
| Orbits: | 159 |
| Dur: | 10:03:18:26 |
| Landing: | 26 September 1996 @ 0813:13 EDT |
| Launch Window: | 5 minutes, 13 seconds (4:54:49 - 5:00:02 am EDT) |
| TAL Sites: | Zaragoza, Spain (Alternates: Ben Guerir, Morocco & Moron, Spain) |
| AOA site: | KSC (Alternate: WS) |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF |
| Landing Speed: | 217 knots (250 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 10,981' from main gear touchdown (807' from threshold) |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,510,356 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 249,327 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 215,176 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 19,516 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | 18,346 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | 2 EMU's, SORG, MAR, PSA, MUP, TIPS, 16 Laptops, 6 CCD PLDB & 1 Centerline Docking Camera, 5 loaded cryo-tanks, ESC, OI-26 Software (1st flight), Magnum Spotlight, 2 Lase Rangefinders (hand held), 2 TCS Units (in Cargo Bay), one Recumbent Seat (for Lucid), and no RMS |
| Double SPACEHAB - 1st use. | MM-04/SH-05, Flight Unit-1 & 3 combined (previously Unit-3 served as the STA (Structural Test Article)). Total mass - 15,555 lbs. Scientific & Logistical cargo mass to Mir - 4,740 lbs. Returning 2,200 lbs. Note: SH-05 & Mir Mission-04 were merged retaining the ETTF from SH-5 |
| ODS | Orbiter Docking System, utilizing APAS - mass: 4,016 lbs. 2nd docking of shuttle and Mir with the attached Docking Module. See STS-76. Total docked mass - 533,569 lbs. |
| Mid-deck | IMAX In-Cabin Camera & MSX Observations (by the MSX satellite). SAREX-II Config. 'Mir' Callsigns: Apt - N5QWL, Blaha - KC5TZQ, Wals - KC5T1E |
| Docking: | 2354 EDT, 17 September | Hatch open - 0119 EDT, 18 September |
| Undocking: | Hatch close - 0804 EDT, 22 September | 2144 EDT, 23 September |
| SSME's: | 2012 (1) - 18th use, 2031 (2) - 14th use, 2033 (3) - 8th use. 104% at tower clear. |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-03/105 - Pod 21st use, Motor 19th use & RP-04/108 - Pod 17th use, Motor 21st use |
| ET: | ET-82 (LWT-75) |
| SRB's: | BI-083 (RSRM-56) - Set successfully recovered. Original set was BI-081. |
| 13 April 1996 | OV-104 returns to OPF-1 following Mission-76/STS-76 |
| 2 May 1996 | ET-82 arrives on dock KSC |
| 6 June 1996 | ET-80/SRB mate (original set) in VAB High Bay-1 |
| 24 June 1996 | OV-104 rollover from OPF-1 to VAB High Bay-1 for stacking overnight |
| 1 July 1996 | First rollout to Pad 39A |
| 9 July 1996 | Double Spacehab payload installed into the orbiter while on the Pad |
| 10 July 1996 | 1st rollback due to impeding effects of Hurricane Bertha, 1st motion at 7:49 am., hard down at 1:25 pm. |
| 12 July 1996 | With the stacked vehicle still in the VAB, it was decided tht due to concerns over the STS-78 SRB burnthrough incident, the SRB set from this mission would be replaced by the set due to STS-80. The J-seal burnthrough was found to be caused by the use of a new adhesive and cleaning fluid. Since the already stacked and mated set for this mission utilized the same two materials the decision was made to destack and inspect this booster set to allow a clean waiver for future use. |
| 3 August 1996 | OV-104 rollover from VAB to OPF-3 following destacking |
| 4 August 1996 | ET-82/SRB mate in VAB High Bay-3 |
| 13 August 1996 | OV-104 rollover from OPF-3 to VAB High Bay for stacking to new ET-82/SRB set |
| 20 August 1996 | 2nd Rollout to Pad 39A from VAB HB-3, 1st motion - 2:28 pm, hard down - 7:30 pm EDT |
| 28 August 1996 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard |
| 4 September 1996 | 2nd Rollback due to effects of Hurrican Fran, 1st motion at 5:21 am, hard down in VAB HB-1 at 3:11 pm EDT |
| 5 September 1996 | 3rd rollout to Pad 39A from VAB HB-3, 1st motion - 2:51 am, hard down - 8:30 pm EDT |
| 12 September 1996 | Astronaut arrival at KSC - 11:30 pm EDT |
| 13 September 1996 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 12:01 am EDT |
| 16 September 1996 | Launch |
| 26 September 1996 | Landing at KSC, returning to OPF-3 that same day |