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Mission "STS-36"


BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION
Registration number 1990-019A / 20512
Time and date of launch (UT) 07h.50m.22s.   February 28, 1990
Launch site Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A
Launch vehicle Shuttle
Payload mass (kg)
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 62
   - period (minutes) 88.5
   - perigee (km) 198
   - apogee (km) 204
Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UT) 18h.09m.38s.   March 04, 1990
   - rollout time (sec.) 53
Place of landing Runway 23, Edwards Air Force Base, CA
Duration 4d.10h.19m.16s.
Number of revolutions around Earth 71
Summary 6th fly of space shuttle "Atlantis". 6th fly in the interests of Department of Defence.



CREW
Ord.
num.
Status Main Backup Reserved
1 Cdr Creighton, John Oliver

2 Plt Casper, John Howard

3 MS Hilmers, David Carl

4 MS Mullane, Richard Michael

5 MS Thuot, Pierre Joseph

Call sign Atlantis


TIMELINE
Date Time (UT) Spaceship's revo-
lution number
Station's revo-
lution number
Explanation
Feb 28, 1990 07:50:22 1
Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-36"   (crew: Creighton,   Casper,   Hilmers,   Mullane,   Thuot ).
Feb 28, 1990 23:10:57 1 Mir:23120 Lift-off cargo "Progress M-3" .
Mar 03, 1990 01:04:32 34 Mir:23153 Docking of "Progress M-3"   to module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM9" .
Mar 04, 1990 17:11:17 72
Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-36"   (crew: Creighton,   Casper,   Hilmers,   Mullane,   Thuot ).
Mar 04, 1990 18:09:38 72
Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-36"   (crew: Creighton,   Casper,   Hilmers,   Mullane,   Thuot ).

Sources:
  Mission Control Center (TsUP) from 2007
  CBS News
  Spaceflight now
  Alexander Zheleznyakov
  journal "Novosti Kosmonavtiki" ("News of Cosmonautics") from 1993 till our time
  journal "Kosmonavtika, astronomiya" ("Cosmonautics, astronomy") 1983-1991 years
  book "Evolution of vehicle-creating and cosmonautics in the USSR" by Valentin P. Glushko, Moscow, 1987
  Jonathan's Space Report
  and many other people and editions
  


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