STS-77

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STS-77
Organization NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type Human Crew,Life Science
Launch date May 19, 1996 (1996-05-19)
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)


Contents

[edit] 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


[edit] 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.


[edit] EVA

[edit] 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


Mission patch:

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