STS-87
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| Organization | NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States) |
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| Mission type | Human Crew,Microgravity |
| Launch date | November 19, 1997 |
| Launch vehicle | Space Shuttle |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, United States |
| COSPAR ID | 1997-073A |
| Experiments | Here |
| Alternate Names | 25061 |
| Additional Information | Here |
| Data Collection | Here |
| Payload Mass Up | 10038.0 kg |
STS-87 Flew the United States Microgravity Payload (USMP-4), the Spartan-201, the Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment (OARE), the EVA Demonstration Flight Test 5 (EDFT-05), the Shuttle Ozone Limb Sending Experiment (SOLSE), the Loop Heat Pipe (LHP), the Sodium Sulfur Battery Experiment (NaSBE), the Turbulent GAS Jet Diffusion (G-744) experiment and the Autonomous EVA Robotic Camera/Sprint (AERCam/Sprint) experiment. Two middeck experiments were the Middeck Glovbox Payload (MGBX) and the Collaborative Ukrainian Experiment (CUE). The United States Microgravity Payload (USMP-4) was a Spacelab project managed by Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama. The complement of microgravity research experiments was divided between two Mission-Peculiar Experiment Support Structures (MPESS) in the payload bay. The extended mission capability offered by the Extended Duration Orbiter (EDO) kit provided an opportunity for additional science gathering time. The crew consisted of the following: Kevin E. Kregel - Commander Steven W. Lindsey - Pilot Winston E. Scott - Mission Specialist Kalpana Chawla - Mission Specialist Takao Doi (NASDA) - Mission Specialist Leonid K. Kadenyuk - Payload Specialist
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