STS-62

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STS-62
Organization NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type Human Crew
Launch date March 9, 1994 (1994-03-09)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 1994-015A
Inclination 39 degrees
Experiments Here
Alternate Names 23025
Additional Information Here
Data Collection Here
Payload Mass Up 8870 kg
Payload Mass Down 8889.09 kg
Orbiter Columbia
Lift Off Mass 2,054,230.91 kg
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff 116,402.73 kg
Orbiter Weight at Landing 103,064.55 kg
Landed Concrete runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Orbits of Earth 224
Orbital Altitude 160 nautical miles (184 statute miles)


Contents

Crew

  • Commander: John H. Casper
  • Pilot: Andrew M. Allen
    • Payload Commander:
    • Mission Specialist 1: Pierre J. Thuot
    • Mission Specialist 2: Charles D. "Sam" Gemar
    • Mission Specialist 3: Marsha S. Ivins
    • Mission Specialist 4:
    • Mission Specialist 5:
    • Payload Specialist 1:
    • Payload Specialist 2:


ISS/Mir Crew Transport


Mission

STS 62 was a US Shuttle spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral. It carried a US Microgravity Payload (USMP-2) and an Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology Second payload (OAST-2). Among the experiments were the Solar Array Module Plasma Interaction Experiment (SAMPIE), the Thermal Energy Storage (TES) experiment, the Experimental Investigation of Spacecraft Glow (EISG) experiment, the Spacecraft Kinetic Infrared Test (SKIRT) experiment, the Emulsion Chamber Technology (ECT) experiment, and the CRYOgenic Two Phase (CRYOPT) experiment. A new high-speed, Ku-band communication link between mission control and the shuttle enabled transmission of 162 megabytes of data. The crew also conducted number of biomedical activities aimed at better understanding and countering effects of prolonged spaceflight. The two-week mission ended on March 18, 1994.


EVA

Payload

United States Microgravity Payload (USMP) 2; Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology (OAST) 2; Dexterous End Effector (DEE); Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet/A (SSBUV/A); Limited-Duration Space Environment Candidate Material Exposure (LDCE); Advanced Protein Crystal Growth (APCG); Physiological Systems Experiment (PSE); Commercial Protein Crystal Growth (CPCG); Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGBA); Auroral Photography Experiment Phase B (APE-B); Middeck Zero-Gravity Dynamics Experiment (MODE); Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS) Calibration Test; Bioreactor Demonstration System A


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