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| Crew: 6 | CDR - Kevin R. Kregel |
| Plt - Steven W. Lindsey | |
| MS 1 - Kalpana Chawla (IV 1) | |
| MS 2 - Winston E. Scott (EV 1) | |
| MS 3 - Takao Doi (EV 2) | |
| PS 1 - Leonid K. Kadenyuk | |
| Launch | 19 November 1997 @ 1446:00 EST |
| Orbital incl: | 28.45 |
| Max alt: | 276.8 km. |
| Orbits: | 251 |
| Dur: | 15:16:34:04 |
| Landing: | 5 December 1997 @ 0720:04 EST |
| Launch Window: | 3 hours, 16 minutes (2:46 - 6:02 pm EST) - limited to 2 hr., 30 min. 'crew on back' constraint |
| TAL Sites: | Banjul, Gambia (Alternates: Ben Guerir, Morocco & Moron, Spain) |
| AOA site: | Edwards AFB (Alternates: KSC and WS) |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF |
| Landing Speed: | 196 knots (225 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 10,638' from main gear touchdown (2,635' from threshold) |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,523,442 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 260,779 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 231,625 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 22,130 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | Same |
| Special mission kits: | 3 EMU's, SORG, MAR, PSA, MUP, TIPS, Laptops, 4 Standard PLDB Cameras, PPOV system, RCRS, Ergometer, Sleeping Berths, 5 cryo-tanks, EMU Receiver for Sprint, OI-26 Software (3rd flight) & RMS-301 |
| Spartan-201-4 - 1997-073B | Mass - 2,980 lbs. 2 Experiments - 1) UCS (Ultraviolet Coronal Spectrometer) & 2) WLC (White Light Coronograph). Also carrying 3 secondary expirements - 1) TEXAS (Technology Experiment Augmenting Spartan), 2) VGS (Video Guidance Sensor), and 3) SPAM (Spartan Auxilliary Mounting Plate). Note: Due to software Spartan began a slow rotation on RMS release. |
| USMP-4 | United Stes Microgravity Payload-4. Mounted on 2 mPESS structures. Total mass - 4,704 lbs. Carrying 6 payload bay experiments - AADSF, MEPHISTO, IDGE, SAMS, OARE, CHeX (Confined Helium Experiment) & MGBX carried in the mid-deck. MGBX experiments - PEP (Particle Engulfment & Pushing by Solidifying Interfaces), WCI (Wetting Characteristics of Immiscibles, and ELF (Enclosed Laminar Flames) |
| EDO | Extended Duration Orbiter pallet. 12th use. |
| EVA-1 - 24 November | Duration - 7 hours, 43 minutes | Demonstration of Space Station EVA Techniques. Contingency ops were added to this EVA to manually retrieve the errant Spartan satellite. | Scott (2nd EVA) and Doi (1st EVA, 1st Japanese) |
| EVA-2 - 3 December | Duration - 5 hours, 0 minutes | Continuation of EDFT-5 activities. AERCam/Sprint used for 1 hr., 12 minutes. | Scott (3rd EVA) and Doi (2nd EVA) |
| Payload Bay | AERCam/Sprint (Autonomous Extravehicular Robotic Camera - 1997-073C?), LHP (Loop Heat Pipe) in a Hitchhiker canister, NaSBE (Sodium Sulfur Battery Experiment) also in a Hitchhiker canister. Also 1 GAS canister - G-0036, SHOLSE (Shuttle Ozone Limb Sounding Experiment, TGDF (Turbulent Gas Jet Diffusion Flames, SIMPLEX & MSX |
| Mid-deck | CUE (Collaborative Ukrainian Experiment) |
| SSME's: | 2031 (1) - 16th use, 2039* (2) - 4th use, 2037* (3) - 5th use. 104% at tower clear. * - Block 1A SSME |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-05/115 - Pod & Motor both 13th use & RP-01/101 - Pod 29th use, Motor 17th use |
| ET: | ET-89 (LWT-82) |
| SRB's: | BO-092 (RSRM-63) |
| 15 June 1997 | ET-89 arrives on dock KSC |
| 17 July 1997 | OV-102 returns to OPF-2 following Mission-84/STS-94 '83R' |
| 26 September 1997 | ET-89/SRB mate in VAB High Bay-3 |
| 24 October 1997 | OV-102 rollover from the OPF to the VAB High Bay for stacking overnight |
| 29 October 1997 | Stack rollout to Pad 39B, 1st motion 7 am, hard down 2:45 pm EST |
| 1 November 1997 | USMP & SPARTAN payload installed into the orbiter while on the pad |
| 5 November 1997 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard |
| 16 November 1997 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 3:00 am EST. Astronaut arrival at KSC |
| 19 November 1997 | Launch |
| 5 December 1997 | Landing at KSC, returning to OPF-3 the same day. |