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| Crew: 5 | CDR - Kenneth D. Cockrell |
| Plt - Kent V. Rominger | |
| MS 1 - Tamara E. Jernigan (EV 1) | |
| MS 2 - Thomas D. Jones (EV 2) | |
| MS 3 - F. Story Musgrave (IV 1) | |
| Launch | 19 November 1996 @ 1455:47 EST |
| Orbital incl: | 28.47 |
| Max alt: | 352.4 km. |
| Orbits: | 279 |
| Dur: | 17:15:53:26 |
| Landing: | 7 December 1996 @ 0649:04 EST |
| Launch Window: | 2 hours,48 minutes (2:53 - 5:41 pm EST) - Limited to 2 hr., 30 min. 'Crew on back' constraint |
| TAL Sites: | Ben Guerir, Morocco (Alternative: Moron, Spain) |
| AOA site: | Edwards AFB (Alternates: KSC & WS) |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF (Scheduled: 7:37 am EST, 5 December) |
| Landing Speed: | 203 knots (233 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 8,705' from main gear touchdown (3,068' from threshold) |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,525,340 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 261,910 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 227,879 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 21,489 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | 21,387 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | 3 EUM's, SORG, MAR, PSA, MUP 2 TIPS, 6Laptops, 7 CCD PLDB Cameras, 5 loaded cryo-tanks, OI-25 Software (2nd flight), Sleep Stations (Berths), PPOV Camera, Magnum Spotlight & RMS-202 |
| ORFEUS-SPAS-02 - 1996-065B | Free flyer, RMS deployable, mass - 7,876 lbs. |
| WSF-3 - 1996-065C | Wake Shield Facility-3, RMS deployable, mass - 4,650 lbs. |
| Free-flyer Cooperative Experiment | Experiments: GPSE (Global Positioning System Exp.), DMS (Dual Mass Spectrometer), CoDEM (Cosmic Dust & Orbital Debris Monitor), IMPACT (Imaging Payload Concept for Tacticians), MMD & SAAMD, AOPROC (Atomic Oxyg. Processing), OSVS (Vision System) & AADS (Autonomous Dynamics Deter. System). |
| Carrier Experiments | Experiments: NaSBE (Sodium Sulfer Battery Exp.), LHP (Loop Heat Pipe Exp.), AMTEC (Alkalai Metal Thermal-to-Electric Converter), AWCS (Automated Wafer Control Syst.), & RGPS (Relative Glovbal Positioning System exp.). Carrier mass - 4,750 lbs. |
| EDO | Extended Duration Orbiter (9th use) |
| Cancelled on FD-10 due to failure to open the EVA hatch. Plans were to demonstrate ISS 'Alpha' EVA assembly and maintenance operations. | Godwin and Clifford (both 1st EVA's) |
| Cargo Bay | SEM-1 (Space Experiment Module) - 10 student experiment modules. Also: ITEPC, ERPCL, TCS, & OARE |
| Mid-deck | CMIX-5, PARE/NIH-4, BRIC-9 Blk I, VIEW/CPL (Visualization in an Experiment Water/Capillary Pumped Loop), MSX (Midcourse Space Experiment observations with the MSX satellite already on orbit), CCM-A (Cell Culture Module-A, formerly STL-NIH-Cells configuration A) |
| SSME's: | 2032 (1) - 5th use, 2026 (2) - 6th use, 2029 (3) - 14th use. 104% at tower clear |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-05/115 - Pod & Motor both 10th use & RP-01/101 - Pod 26th use, Motor 14th use |
| ET: | ET-80 (LWT-73) |
| SRB's: | BI-084 (RSRM-49) - Set successfully recovered |
| 26 March 1996 | ET-80 arrives on dock KSC |
| 7 July 1996 | OV-102 returns to OPF-1 following Mission-78/STS-78 |
| 12 July 1996 | Due to STS-78 SRB joint failures, the decision was made to replace the already stacked/mated SRB set of STS-79 with the set due for launch on this mission |
| 26 September 1996 | ET-80/SRB mate in VAB High Bay-3 |
| 9 October 1996 | OV-102 rollover from the OPF to the VAB High Bay-3 for stacking overnight |
| 16 October 1996 | Stack rollout to Pad 39B, 1st motion at 4:21 am, hard down at 10:30 am EDT |
| 21 October 1996 | Payload installed into the orbiter while on the Pad |
| 23 October 1996 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard |
| 11 November 1996 | Astronaut arrival KSC. Previously arrived on 5 November - for original launch date of 8 November |
| 12 November 1996 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 1:00 pm EST |
| 19 November 1996 | Launch |
| 7 December 1996 | Landing KSC/SLF, returning to OPF-1 by 1:00 pm EST. |