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| Crew: 6 | CDR - Curtis L. Brown |
| Plt - Kent V. Rominger | |
| MS 1 - N. Jan Davis (Dozier) (PLC) | |
| MS 2 - Robert J. Curbeam (EV 1) | |
| MS 3 - Stephen K. Robinson (EV 2) | |
| PS 1 - Bjarni V. Tryggvason | |
| Launch | 7 August 1997 @ 1041:00 EDT |
| Orbital incl: | 57.0 |
| Max alt: | 296.3 km. |
| Orbits: | 189 |
| Dur: | 11:20:26:59 |
| Landing: | 19 August 1997 @ 0707:59 EDT |
| Launch Window: | 1 hour, 9 minutes (10:41 - 11:50 am EDT) |
| TAL Sites: | Zaragoza, Spain (Alternates: Ben Guerir, Morocco & Moron, Spain) |
| AOA site: | Edwards AFB (Alternates: KSC and WS) |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF (Scheduled: 7:27 am EDT, 18 August) |
| Landing Speed: | 195 knots (224 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 8,745' from main gear touchdown (3,074' from threshold) |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,512,125 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 250,101 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 219,571 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 24,982 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | 24,843 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | 2 EMU's, SORG, MAR, PSA, MUP, TIPS, Laptops, 4 Standard PLDB Cameras, 5 loaded cryo-tanks, OI-26 Software (1st flight), ERCPL, and RMS-301 |
| CRISTA-SPAS-II - 1997-039B | Cryogenic Infared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere - Shuttle Pallet Satellite-II. 3 Expirements - 1) CRISTA (3IR telescopes & 4 IR spectrometers), MAHRSI (Middle Atmospheric High Resolution Spectrograph - STP S90-4) investigation, and SESAM (Surface Effects SAmple Monitor) experiment. Mass - 7,724 lbs. |
| IEH-2 | International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker-2. Mounted on an MPESS, mass - 3,220 lbs. 2 Instruments - 1) UVSTAR (Ultraviolet Spectrograph Telescope for Astronomical Reasearch) and 2) SEH (Solar Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker. IEH-2 MPESS also carries CONCAP-IV-3 utilizing a Hitchhiker Jr. (2nd flight) & Shuttle Glow Experiment GLO-3 |
| TAS-1 | Technology Applications and Science mounted on an MPESS, mass - 5,548 lbs. Carrying eight experiments - 1) SOLCON, 2) SLA-2, 3) SAAMD/Wide Band - WBSAAMD, 4) SEM-2 (Carrying six various student experiments), 5) CVX (Critical Viscosity of Xenon), 6) CRE (Cryogenic Flight Experiment), 7) TPF (Two Phase Flow), 8) ISIR (Infrared Spectral Imaging Radiometer) |
| MFD | Manipulator Flight Demonstration, formerly JFD. Japanese RMS related hardware demonstration mounted on an MPESS, mass: 3,632 lbs. Also carrying two additonal experiments: TPFLEX (Two-Phase Fluid Loop Experiment) & ESAM (Evaluation of Space Enviroment Effects on Materials. |
| GAS | 2 Cannisters (G-0572 & G-0745) and ITEPC DSO-0485 |
| Mid-deck | SWUIS-01 (Southwest ultraviolet Imaging System-01), DBS-3, PCG-STES-5, SSCE-7, BRIC-10 Blk. II, MSX-8, SIMPLEX, ACIS (Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility Charge Couple Device Imaging Spectrometer), Microgravity Isolation Mount with Flex (Fluid Physics Experiment) |
| SSME's: | 2041 (1) & 2039 (2) - Both 3rd use, 2042 (3) - 2nd use. 104% at tower clear |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-01/106 - Pod & Motor both 24th use, & RP-03/114 - Pod 22nd use, Motor 15th use |
| ET: | ET-87 (LWT-80) |
| SRB's: | BI-089 (RSRM-57) |
| 21 February 1997 | OV-13 returns to OPF-2 following Mission-82/STS-82 |
| 1 April 1997 | ET-87 arrives on dock KSC |
| 20 June 1997 | ET-87/SRB mate in VAB High Bay-3 |
| 7 July 1997 | OV-103 rollover from the OPF to the VAB High Bay for stacking overnight |
| 14 July 1997 | Stack rollout to Pad 39A, 1st motion at 2 am, hard down 8 am |
| 15 July 1997 | Payload installed into the orbiter while on the pad |
| 23 July 1997 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard |
| 4 August 1997 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 3 pm EDT. Astronaut arrival at KSC |
| 7 August 1997 | Launch |
| 18 August 1997 | Landing at KSC, returning to OPF-3 that same day |