STS-78
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Organization | NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States) |
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Mission type | Human Crew |
Launch date | June 20, 1996 |
Launch vehicle | Space Shuttle |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral, United States |
COSPAR ID | 1996-036A |
Inclination | 39 degrees |
Experiments | Here |
Alternate Names | 23931 |
Additional Information | Here |
Data Collection | Here |
Payload Mass Up | 10676.2 kg |
Payload Mass Down | 10698.64 kg |
Orbiter | Columbia |
Lift Off Mass | 2,053,627.73 kg |
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff | 115,828.64 kg |
Orbiter Weight at Landing | 103,640.45 kg |
Landed | Concrete runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. |
Orbits of Earth | 272 |
Orbital Altitude | 150 nautical miles (173 statute miles) |
Contents |
Crew
- Commander: Terence T. "Tom" Henricks
- Pilot: Kevin R. Kregel
- Payload Commander:
- Mission Specialist 1: Susan J. Helms
- Mission Specialist 2: Richard M. Linnehan
- Mission Specialist 3: Charles E. Brady Jr.
- Mission Specialist 4:
- Mission Specialist 5:
- Payload Specialist 1: Jean-Jacques Favier, French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), French Space Agency (CNES)
- Payload Specialist 2: Robert Brent Thirsk, Canadian Space Agency
ISS/Mir Crew Transport
Mission
EVA
Payload
Life and Microgravity Sciences (LMS) 01 Spacelab with long crew transfer tunnel; Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment (OARE); ex-tended-duration orbiter cryogenic pallet; Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) 8, Block II; Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) II, Configuration C
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