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| Crew: 7 | CDR - Kent V. Rominger |
| Plt - Richard D. Husband (EV-3) | |
| MS1 - Tamara E. Jernigan (EV-1) | |
| MS2 - Ellen Ochoa (RMS Ops & Loadmaster) | |
| MS3 - Daniel T. Barry (EV-2) | |
| MS4 - Julie Payette (CSA/IV-1) | |
| MS5 - Valeri I. Tokarev (RSA/RKA) | |
| Launch | 27 May 1999 @ 1049:42 UT |
| Orbital incl: | 51.59 |
| Max alt: | 320.3 km. |
| Orbits: | 153 |
| Dur: | 9:19:13:01 |
| Landing: | 6 June 1999 @ 0602:43 UT, KSC/SLF runway 15 (47th landing, 11th Night landing, 6th Night landing at KSC) |
Mid January, 1999, NASA swapped launch slots of the STS-93 and STS-96 missions
(see STS-93), resulting in a one week delay to this mission from May 13. 2nd delay -
May 13 Shuttle Managers decided to rollback the Shuttle stack in order to conduct
further repairs to the hail-damaged external tank foam insulation. Approx. 35 divots were
discovered and required repair.
| Launch Window: | 10 minutes, 1 second (1047:47 - 1057:48 UT) Preferred at 1049:42 UT |
| TAL Sites: | Moron, Spain (alternates: Zaragoza, Spain) |
| AOA site: | KSC (alternates: WS) |
| Primary landing site: | KSC/SLF (Scheduled: 6 June @ 0603 UT) |
| Landing Speed: | 378 kmph (205 knots {235 mph}) |
| Landing rollout: | Unknown |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 2,047,722 kg. (4,514,454 lbs.) |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 118,857 kg. (262,035 lbs.) |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 100,235 (220,980 lbs.) |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 9,072 kg. (20,000 lbs.) |
| Landing Weight: | Unknown |
| Special mission kits: | 3 EMU's & SAFERs, MUP, TIPS, TSAs, 8 Laptops, 6 PLDB Cameras, 5 loaded cryo-tanks, OI-27 Software (1st flight), Magnum Spot-Light, TRAD, one TCS Sensor, ECS-II, 2 Handheld Lidars, Colour Printer, Searchlight, Sleeping Bags (no berths) and RMS-303 |
| ISS-2 SSAF-2A.1 Spacehab Double Module (DM) & ICC (Integrated Cargo Carrier) | 13th Spacehab Module flown, 6th Double Module flight - Total mass - 7,290 kg. (16,072 lbs.). Also carried in Spacehab 18 MIRT Battery Controller replacements for units aboard Zarya. ICC carrying the SHOSS (Spacehab Oceaneering Sapce System Box) - mass 1,383 kg. (3,050 lbs.), the OTD (ORU Transfer Device), a US made external crane and STRELA - a Russian made external crane. Cargo Transfer to ISS: 1,642 kg. (3,620 lbs.) - including 320 kg. (705 lbs.) from external ICC, 297 kg. (655 lbs.) of water and 1,030 kg. (2.270 lbs.) of dry cargo from inside the Spacehab. |
| ISS Docking | 29 May 1999 at 0424 UT |
| ISS Undocking | 3 June 1999 at 2239 UT - Total time docked: 5 days, 18 hours, 15 minutes |
| EVA-1 - 30 May | Duration - 7 hours, 55 minutes | To install external equipment on the station. | Jernigan (1st EVA) and Barry (2nd EVA) |
| Mid-deck: | IVHM-2 HTD (Integrated Vehicle Health Monitoring - HEDS Technology Demonstration-2) - 2nd flight (see STS-90), mass - 148 kg. (327 lbs.), and the Volatile Removal Assembly. |
| Sub Satellite Deploy | STARSHINE (Student Tracked Atmospheric Research Satellite for Heuristic Internation Networking Equipment), a 48 cm (19") diameter mirrored sphere to be ejected from a GAS can (1st flight). Deployed at 0710 UT 5 June, overall mass - 160 kg. (353 lbs.), satellite mass - 39.3 kg. (86.6 lbs.) - COSPAR 1999-030B |
| SSME's: | 2047 (1) - 2nd use, 2051 (2) - 1st use, 2049 (3) - 1st use. All Block 2A. Launch utilized OMS assist during ascent - and roll to heads-up attitude. |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-01/107 - Pod 28th use/Motor 12th use, RP-03/114 - Pod 26th use/Motor 19th use |
| ET: | ET-100 (SLWT-4) |
| SRB's: | BI-098 (RSRM-70) |
| 7 November 1998 | OV-103 landed at KSC following STS-95, and was returned to OPF-1 that same day. |
| Unkown | ET-100 arrives on dock at KSC. |
| March 1999 | ET-100/SRB mate in VAB High Bay-3 |
| 15 April 1999 | OV-103 rollover from OPF-1 to the VAB High Bay for stacking overnight. |
| 23 April 1999 | STack rollout to Pad 39B, 1st motion at 0700 EDT, hard down later that day. |
| 27 April 1999 | SSAF-2A.1 Spacehab payload installed into the orbiter while on the pad |
| 29 April 1999 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard |
| 16 May 1999 | Stack rollback at 0400 EDT to VAB HB-1 to carryout hail damage repair to the External Tank. |
| 20 May 1999 | Stack returns to VAB. First motion at 0200 EDT, hard down at 1000 EDT. |
| 24 May 1999 | "Call to stations" 43 hour countdown started at 0900 EDT. Astronaut arrival at KSC. |
| 27 May 1999 | Launch |
| 3 June 1999 | Landing KSC, returning to OPF-1 that same day. |