STS-94
1997 American crewed spaceflight to conduct space experiments / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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STS-94 was a mission of the United States Space Shuttle Columbia, launched on 1 July 1997.
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Names | Space Transportation System-94 |
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Mission type | Microgravity research |
Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1997-032A |
SATCAT no. | 24849 |
Mission duration | 15 days, 16 hours, 45 minutes, 29 seconds |
Distance travelled | 10,000,000 kilometres (6,200,000 mi) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Columbia |
Landing mass | 117,802 kilograms (259,709 lb) |
Payload mass | 10,169 kilograms (22,419 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 7 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 1 July 1997, 18:02:02 (1997-07-01UTC18:02:02Z) UTC |
Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 17 July 1997, 10:47:29 (1997-07-17UTC10:47:30Z) UTC |
Landing site | Kennedy SLF Runway 33 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 296 kilometres (184 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 300 kilometres (190 mi) |
Inclination | 28.45 degrees |
Period | 90.5 minutes |
Left to right – Front row: Voss, Halsell, Still, Thomas; Back row: Crouch, Linteris, Gernhardt[note 1] |
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