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Mission "STS-59"


BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION
Registration number 1994-020A / 23042
Time and date of launch (UTC) 11h.05m.00s.   April 09, 1994
Launch site Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A
Launch vehicle Shuttle
Payload mass (kg) 12490
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 57
   - period (minutes) 88.4
   - perigee (km) 194
   - apogee (km) 204
Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UTC) 16h.55m.23s.   April 20, 1994
   - rollout time (sec.) 54
Place of landing Runway 22, Edwards Air Force Base, CA
Duration 11d.05h.50m.23s.
Number of revolutions around Earth 182
Summary 6th fly of shuttle "Endeavour". Experiments at "Space Radar Laboratory" (SRL) for searching of the Earth. Biological experiments.



CREW
Ord.
num.
Status Main Backup Reserved
1 Cdr Gutierrez, Sidney McNeill

2 Plt Chilton, Kevin Patrick

3 MS/PC (w) Godwin, Linda Maxine

4 MS Apt III, Jerome

5 MS Clifford, Michael Richard Uram

6 MS Jones, Thomas David

Call sign Endeavour


TIMELINE
Date Time (UTC) Spaceship's revo-
lution number
Explanation
Apr 09, 1994 11:05:00 1 Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-59"   (crew: Gutierrez,   Chilton,   Apt,   Clifford,   Godwin,   Jones ).
Apr 20, 1994 16:00:35 183 Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-59"   (crew: Gutierrez,   Chilton,   Apt,   Clifford,   Godwin,   Jones ).
Apr 20, 1994 16:55:23 183 Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-59"   (crew: Gutierrez,   Chilton,   Apt,   Clifford,   Godwin,   Jones ).

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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