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| Crew: 7 | CDR - Curtis L. Brown |
| Plt - Steven W. Lindsey | |
| MS-1 - Scott E. Parazynski (PLC/EV-1) | |
| MS-2 - Stephen K. Robinson (EV-2) | |
| MS-3 - Pedro F. Duque (ESA/Spain) | |
| PS-1 - Chiai Mukai (NASDA/Japan) | |
| PS-2 - John H. Glenn (NASA - Oldest person) | |
| Launch | 29 October 1998 @ 1819:34 UT |
| Orbital incl: | 28.45 |
| Max alt: | 561.7 km. |
| Orbits: | 134 |
| Dur: | 8:21:43:57 |
| Landing: | 7 November 1998 @ 1703:30 UT - KSC/SLF runway 33 (45th KSC landing). Note: There was no deployemnt of the Orbiter Drag Chute on the landing due to loss of the Drag Chute door on launch. |
19 minutes due to cabin pressure concerns and a light aircraft in th elaunch area. Note:
Descovery is flying for the first time with the new NASA livery - replacing the NASA
Worm with the Meatball on the orbiter sides and left wing, the US flag and orbiter name
on the right wing.
| Launch Window: | 2 hours, 30 minutes (1400 - 1630 EST) - limited constraint. |
| TAL Sites: | Banjul, The Gambia (alternates: Ben Guerir, Morocco & Moron, Spain) |
| AOA site: | Edwards AFB (alternates: KSC) |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF (Scheduled: 1219 EST, 7 November) |
| Landing Speed: | 360.5 kmph (195 knots {224 mph}) |
| Landing rollout: | 2,899 meters (9,511') from main gear touchdown (1,015.9 [3,333'] from threshold) |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 2,051,107 kg. (4,521,918 lbs.) |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 113,398 kg. (250,000 lbs.) including cargo - aprox. |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 103,320 kg. (227,783 lbs) |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 15,287 kg. (33,701 lbs.) |
| Landing Weight: | Same - less PANS! |
| Special mission kits: | 2 EMU's, SORG, PSA, MUP, TIPS, Laptops, 6 PLDB Cameras, 5 loaded cryo-tanks, OI-26B software (3rd flight), Sleep Stations, Magnum Spotlight, Ergometer, TRAD, OSVS Targets, ECS-II and RMS-201 |
| Single SPACEHAB | 12th overall flight/7th Single use. Space Habitat Mod., Flt Unit-1 (10th use), Total mass - 10,092 kg. (22,251 lbs.) approx. Exp. & Apparatus: VFEU (see STS-47, 65, & 90), Glovebos, BRIC, OCC (see STS-45), AGHF (see STS-78), APCF (see STS-56), BIOBOX, SSD/MOMO )STS-84), NIH-C8 (STS-66), CPCG (STS-49), CIBX (2 CRIMs - STS-49), CGBA (STS-50), ASC-8 (STS-57), ADSEP (STS-77), Fac. for Adsorption & Surface Tension FAST, Oceaneering-SPACEHAB Refridgerator Freezer - OPSRF, PCAM-1, AEROGEL, OSTEO, BIODYN-A, SLEEP-2, PTO, EORF, MEPS, VDA/STES, NHK HDTV camera (all 1st flights) |
| Spartan-201-5 | (See STS-56 for 201-1, STS-64 for 201-2 & STS-69 for 201-3) Mass - 1,351 kg. (2,978 lbs.). Carrying 2 instr. - UCS (Ultraviolet Coronal Spectrometer) & WLC (White Light Coronograph). Also carrying 3 secondary exp. - TEXAS (Technology Experiment Augmenting Spartan), VGS (Video Guidance Sensor), SPAM (Spartan Auxilliary Mounting Plate) and SEM-4 - 5th flight. |
| HOST (HST Orbital Systems Test) | Contains NICMOS Cooling System, HST 486 Computer, Solid State Recorder, Fiber Optic LIne Test & SAMS-FF, HOST. Mass - 1,270 kg. (2,800 lbs.) |
| IEH-3 | (International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchiker-2) on MPESS (see STS-69 & STS-85). 2 instruments: 1 - UVSTAR (Ultraviolet Spectrograph Telescope for Astronomical Reasearch), 2 - SEH (Solar Extreme Ultraviolet Hichhiker), IEH MPESS also carries SOLCON and PANSAT (the Petite Amateur Navy Satellite), mass - 72 kg. (158 lbs.). Cospar desig. - 1998-064B. STAR-LITE Astrophysics Instrument and 2 GAS: G-0238 & G-0764. IEH overall mass - 2,573 kg. (5,672 lbs.) |
| CRYOSTU | Cryogenic Thermal Storage Unit |
| GAS Cans | G-0779 & G-0467 (both re-flights, G-0779 was G-0572 of STS-85 & G-0467 was G-0557 on STS60) & Integ. Vehicle Health Monitor. |
| Mid-deck | BRIC-13 Bloc III Config. (see STS-68 & 64) & Electronic Nose (E-Nose) |
| SSME's: | 2048* (1) - 1st use, 2043* (2) - 2nd use, 2045* (3) - 2nd use. * - Block 2A engines. |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-01/107 - Pod 27th use/Motor 11th use, RP-03/114 - Pod 25th use/Motor 18th use |
| ET: | ET-98 (SLWT-3) |
| SRB's: | BI-096 (RSRM-68) |
| 12 June 1998 | OV-103 returned to OPF-2 following STS-91 |
| 16 June 1998 | ET-98 arrives on dock at KSC (1st ET Barge towed by the SRB Recovery ships) |
| 25 August 1998 | ET-98/SRB mate in VAB High Bay-1 |
| 14 September 1998 | OV-103 rollover from the OPF-2 to the VAB High Bay for stacking overnight. |
| 22 September 1998 | STack rollout to Pad 39B. First motion 0200 EDT, hard-down at 0800 EDT. |
| 30 September 1998 | Spacehab & Spartan payload installed into the orbiter while on the Pad. |
| 9 October 1998 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard. |
| 26 October 1998 | "Call to stations" - 43 hr. countdown started at 0800 EST & astronaut arrival at KSC at 1400 EST. |
| 29 October 1998 | Launch |
| 7 November 1998 | Landing at KSC SLF and returning to OPF-1 the same day. |