STS-77
From The Space Library
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| Organization | NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States) |
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| Mission type | Human Crew,Life Science |
| Launch date | May 19, 1996 |
| Launch vehicle | Space Shuttle |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, United States |
| COSPAR ID | 1996-032A |
| Inclination | 39 degrees |
| Experiments | Here |
| Alternate Names | 23870 |
| Additional Information | Here |
| Telecommunications Information | Here |
| Data Collection | Here |
| Payload Mass Up | 12233 kg |
| Payload Mass Down | 11885.91 kg |
| Orbiter | Endeavour |
| Lift Off Mass | 2,054,066.82 kg |
| Orbiter Weight at Liftoff | 115,699.09 kg |
| Orbiter Weight at Landing | 100,628.18 kg |
| Landed | Concrete runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. |
| Orbits of Earth | 161 |
| Orbital Altitude | 153 nautical miles (176 statute miles) |
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Crew
- Commander: John H. Casper
- Pilot: Curtis L. Brown Jr.
- Payload Commander:
- Mission Specialist 1: Daniel W. Bursch
- Mission Specialist 2: Andrew S.W. Thomas
- Mission Specialist 3: Marc Garneau, Canadian Space Agency
- Mission Specialist 4: Mario Runco Jr.
- Mission Specialist 5:
- Payload Specialist 1:
- Payload Specialist 2:
ISS/Mir Crew Transport
Mission
STS 77 was a Shuttle Endeavour mission launched from Cape Canaveral. The main mission was to release an inflatable antenna, IAE. The release occurred from a platform called Spartan 207 which in turn was released from the shuttle a few hours later. The third object released was an experimental 35 kg minispacecraft, PAMS-STU. STS 77 carried the usual complement of crystal, metal, and biomedical experimental gear along with 32,000 sea urchin eggs and a supply of sperm to squirt on them, all in the Spacelab module. A new fizzy Coca-Cola delivering experimental device failed to perform satisfactorily.
EVA
Payload
Shuttle Pointed Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN) 207/Inflatable Antenna Experiment (IAE); Technology Experiments Advancing Missions in Space (TEAMS) 01 (includes Vented Tank Resupply Experiment [VTRE], Global Positioning System [GPS] Attitude and Navigation Experiment [GANE] [RME 1316], Liquid Metal Test Experiment [LMTE], and Passive Aerodynamically Stabilized Magnetically Damped Satellite [PAMS] Satellite Test Unit [STU]; SPACEHAB-4; Brilliant Eyes Ten-Kelvin Sorption Cryocooler Experiment (BETSCE); 12 getaway specials attached to a GAS bridge assembly (GAS 056, 063, 142, 144, 163, 200, 490, 564, 565, 703, 741 and the Reduced-Fill Tank Pressure Control Experiment [RFTPCE]; Aquatic Research Facility (ARF) 01; Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) 07, Block III
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