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| Crew: 7 | CDR - James D. Wetherbee |
| Plt - Michael J. Bloomfield (IV 1) | |
| MS 1 - Vladimir G. Titov (PLC & EV 2) | |
| MS 2 - Scott E. Parazynski (EV 1) | |
| MS 3 - Jean-Loup J. Chretien | |
| MS 4 - Wendy B. Lawrence | |
| MS 5 - David A. Wolf (NASA 6) up | |
| MS 6 - C. Michael Foale (NASA 5) down | |
| Launch | 25 September 1997 @ 2234:19 EDT |
| Orbital incl: | 51.6 |
| Max alt: | 296.3 km. |
| Orbits: | 169 |
| Dur: | 10:19:20:50 |
| Landing: | 6 October 1997 @ 1755:09 EDT |
| Launch Window: | 6 minutes, 45 seconds (10:34:19 - 10:41:04 EDT) |
| TAL Sites: | Zaragosa, Spain (Alternates: Ben Guerir, Morocco & Moron, Spain) |
| AOA site: | Edwards AFB (Alternates: KSC and WS) |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF (Scheduled: 6:58 pm EDT, 5 October) |
| Landing Speed: | 193 knots (222 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 11,956' from main gear touchdown (2,490' from threshold) |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,514,278 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 251,518 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 213,979 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 20,531 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | 20,079 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | 3 EMU's, SORG, MAR, PSA, MUP, TIPS, 9 Laptops, 6 PLDB Cameras, 5 loaded cryo-tanks, OI-26 Software (2nd flight), Magnum Spotlight, Treadmill, Recumbent seat, TRAD< OSVS Targets, ECS-II, SAAMDS (Stand Alone Acceleration Measurement Devices) and no RMS |
| Double SPACEHAB | Space habitat Module, Flight Unit-1 & 3 - 4th flight. Total mass - 14,447 lbs. Scientific & Logistical cargo mass to Mir - 10,440 lbs. Returning 5,073 lbs including - Spektr Solar Array Cap, new Mir Attitude Control Computer, 9 Russian Batteries, 1 Gyrodyne, Russian Air Pressurization Units (APU's), & a PTAB-1 Current Converter. Returning the Mir Kurs Rendezvous System & a failed Oxygen Generator Elektron unit. |
| ODS | Orbiter Docking System, utilizing APAS. 7th flight. |
| EVA-1 - 1 October | Duration - 5 hours, 1 minutes | Second US EVA at Mir, first US EVA with russian crew member, SAFER units carried. | Parazynski (1st EVA) and Titov (4th EVA) |
| Cargo Bay | EPS (ESA Proximity Sensor), Seeds in Space-II & MEEP carriers, SIMPLEX, KidSat |
| Mid-deck | CREAM, CPCG & CCM-A |
| Docking: | 0358 EST, 27 September | Hatch open - ???? EST, 27 (?) September |
| Undocking: | Hatch close - ??? EST, 2 (?) October | 1328 EST, 3 October |
| SSME's: | 2012 (1) - 20th use, 2040* (2) - 3rd use, 2019 (3) - 18th use. 104% at tower clear. * - Block 1A SSME |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-03/105 - Pod 24th use, Motor 22nd use & RP-04/108 - Pod 20th use, Motor 24th use |
| ET: | ET-88 (LWT-81) |
| SRB's: | BI-090 (RSRM-61) |
| 30 April 1997 | ET-88 arrives on dock KSC |
| 24 May 1997 | OV-104 returns to OPF-3 following Mission-84/STS-84 |
| 24 July 1997 | ET-88/SRB mate in VAB High Bay-1 |
| 11 August 1997 | OV-104 rollover from the OPF to the VAB High Bay for stacking overnight |
| 18 August 1997 | Stack rollout to Pad 39A, 1st motion at 2 am, hard down at 8:30 am EDT |
| 5 September 1997 | SPACEHAB payload installed into the orbiter while on the pad |
| 10 September 1997 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard |
| 22 September 1997 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 2:00 pm EDT. Astronaut arrival at KSC |
| 25 September 1997 | Launch |
| 6 October 1997 | Landing KSC, returning to OPF-3 that afternoon |
| 11 November 1997 | OV-104/SCA depart KSC at 1:53 pm EST enroute to Palmdale via Tinker AFB, OK for its OMDP. Atlantis is scheduled to return to KSC in August, 1998 to fly STS-92 in January, 1999. Of coarse, what's planned and what will happen are two different things. |