STS-46

**STS-46**
Organization	NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type	Human Crew
Launch date	July 31, 1992
Launch vehicle	Space Shuttle
Launch site	Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID	1992-049A
Inclination	28.45 degrees
Experiments	Here
Alternate Names	22064
Additional Information	Here
Data Collection	Here
Payload Mass Up	12965 kg
Payload Mass Down	8451.82 kg
Orbiter	Atlantis
Lift Off Mass	2,053,085.91 kg
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff	116,377.73 kg
Orbiter Weight at Landing	94,911.82 kg
Landed	Runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Orbits of Earth	127
Orbital Altitude	127 nautical miles (146 statute miles)

From The Space Library

Revision as of 05:03, 9 August 2013 by RobertG (Talk | contribs)

(diff) ←Older revision | Current revision (diff) | Newer revision→ (diff)

Jump to: navigation, search

[edit] Crew

Commander: Loren J. Shriver
Pilot: Andrew M. Allen
- Payload Commander: Jeffrey A. Hoffman
- Mission Specialist 1: Franklin R. Chang-Diaz
- Mission Specialist 2: Claude Nicollier
- Mission Specialist 3: Marsha S. Ivins
- Mission Specialist 4:
- Mission Specialist 5:
- Payload Specialist 1: Franco Malerba
- Payload Specialist 2:

ISS/Mir Crew Transport

[edit] Mission

STS 46 was the 49th shuttle mission and the 12th flight of the Atlantis orbiter. It carried a crew of seven. The Shuttle was to deploy the Tethered Satellite System-1 (TSS-1), an Italian Space Agency-developed satellite. The satellite was to have been attached by a 12.5 mile cable to the Shuttle cargo bay to explore the dynamics of electricity-generating systems. However, attempts by the crew to release the cable failed and the experiment was unsuccessful. The European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA), developed by the European Space Agency (ESA), was deployed. The satellite, carrying 15 experiments in material science, life science and space physics and upper atmosphere research, was retrieved by STS 57 a year later. The following experiments were also carried by STS-46: (1) Evaluation of Oxygen Interaction with Materials III (EOIM); (2) Thermal Energy Management (TEMP 2A); (3) IMAX camera production; (4) materials processing experiments; (5) Limited Duration Space Environment Candidate Materials Exposure (LDCE); (6) Pituitary Growth Hormone Cell Function (PHCF); (7) Air Force Maui Optical System (AMOS); and, (8) Ultraviolet Plume Experiment (UVPI). The orbiter landed at Kennedy Space Center after completing 127 orbits. The mission duration was 7 days, 23 hours, 15 minutes, and 3 seconds.

[edit] EVA

[edit] Payload

Tethered Satellite System (TSS)-1; European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA)-1L; Evaluation of Oxygen Integration With Materials (EOlM)-lll/ Thermal Energy Management Processes (TEMP)-2A; Consortium for Materials Development In Space Complex Autonomous Payloads (CONCAP)-ll and Ill; IMAX Cargo Bay Camera (ICBC); Limited-Duration Space Environment Candidate Materials Exposure (LDCE); Pituitary Growth Hormone Cell Function (PHCF); Ultraviolet Plume Instrument (UVPl)

Mission patch: