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| Crew: 7 | CDR - James D. Halsell |
| Plt - Susan L. Still (IV 1) | |
| MS 1 - Janice E. Voss-Ford (PLC) | |
| MS 2 - Michael L. Gernhardt (EV 1) | |
| MS 3 - Donald A. Thomas (EV 2) | |
| PS 1 - Roger K. Crouch | |
| PS 2 - Gregory T. Linteris | |
| Launch | 4 April 1997 @ 1420:32 EST |
| Orbital incl: | 28.45 |
| Max alt: | 296.1 km. |
| Orbits: | 62 |
| Dur: | 3:23:12:39 |
| Landing: | 8 April 1997 @ 1433:11 EDT |
| Launch Window: | 2 hours, 30 minutes (2:00 - 4:30 pm EST) |
| TAL Sites: | Banjul, Gambia (Alternates: Moron & Ben Guerir were closed due to weather) |
| AOA site: | KSC (Alternate: WS not available) |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF (Scheduled: 7:36 pm EDT, 20 April - 15:16:36 duration due) |
| Landing Speed: | 197 knots (227 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 8,623' from main gear touchdown (3,174' from threshold) |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,523,076 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 259,927 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 236,000 lbs - Heaviest Shuttle Landing |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 25,530 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | Same |
| Special mission kits: | 2 EMU's, SORG, MAR, PSA, MUP, TIPS, 11 Laptops, 4 CCD PLDB Cameras, 5 loaded cryo-tanks, OI-25 Software (5th flight), ESC-II, PPOV Camera, RCRS System, Sleeping Berths, 4 SAAMD's, OSVS (Orbiter Space Vision System) Targets and no RMS. |
| MSL-1 - Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 | Flight Unit-1, total mass - 22,418 lbs., 33 experiments. |
| EDO | Extended Duration Orbiter - 10th use. |
| CRYOFD | Cryogenic Flexible Diode - carried as Hitchhiker payload. Carried two CFDHP (Cryogenic Flexible Diode Heat Pipes) as well as a secondary experiment an ALPHA (American Loop Heat Pipe with Ammonia) |
| Cargo Bay | OARE |
| Mid-deck | PCG-STES, SAREX-II Configuartion 'C' - Callsigns: Halsell - KC5BTK & Thomas - KC5FVF. MSX Satellite Observations, Shuttle plume sampling during ascent by aircrrraft. |
| SSME's: | 2012 (1) - 19th use, 2109 (2) - 17th use, 2019 (3) - 17th use. 104% at tower clear |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-05/115 - Pod & Motor both 11th use & RP-01/101 - Pod 27th use, Motor 15th use |
| ET: | ET-84 (LWT-77) |
| SRB's: | BI-086 (RSRM-59) |
| 12 November 1996 | ET-84 arrives on dock KSC |
| 7 December 1996 | OV-102 returns to OPF-1 following Mission-80/STS-80 |
| 30 January 1997 | ET-84/SRB mate in VAB High Bay-1 |
| 31 January 1997 | MSL Spacelab payload installed into the orbiter while in the OPF |
| 5 March 1997 | OV-102 rollover from the OPF to the VAB High Bay for stacking overnight |
| 11 March 1997 | Stack rollout to Pad 39A, 1st motion at 6:32 am, hard down 2:47 pm EST |
| 14 March 1997 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard |
| 31 March 1997 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 2:00 pm EST. Astronaut arrival KSC |
| 4 April 1997 | Launch |
| 8 April 1997 | Landing KSC, returning to OPF-1 that same day at 8:30 pm EDT |