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Mission "STS-61"


BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION
Registration number 1993-075A / 22917
Time and date of launch (UTC) 09h.27m.00s.   December 02, 1993
Launch site Cape Canaveral, LC 39-B
Launch vehicle Shuttle
Payload mass (kg) 8011
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 28.45
   - period (minutes) 93.3
   - perigee (km) 291
   - apogee (km) 576
Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UTC) 05h.26m.26s.   December 13, 1993
   - rollout time (sec.) 53
Place of landing Runway 33, Kennedy Space Center, FL
Duration 10d.19h.59m.26s.
Distance (km) 7.135 million
Number of revolutions around Earth 162
Summary 5th fly of shuttle "Endeavour". 1st expedition (SM1) for service of cosmic telescope Hubble (also look "STS-31" , "STS-82" , "STS-103" , "STS-109"   and "STS-125" ).



CREW
Ord.
num.
Status Main Backup Reserved
1 Cdr Covey, Richard Oswald

2 Plt Bowersox, Kenneth Dwane

3 MS Musgrave, Franklin Story

4 MS (w) Thornton, Kathrin Ryan Cordell Harbaugh, Gregory Jordan
5 MS Nicollier, Claude

6 MS Hoffman, Jeffrey Alan

7 MS Akers, Thomas Dale

Call sign Endeavour


TIMELINE
Date Time (UTC) Spaceship's revo-
lution number
Station's revo-
lution number
Explanation
Dec 02, 1993 09:27:00 1 HST:19669 Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-61"   (crew: Covey,   Bowersox,   Musgrave,   Thornton,   Nicollier,   Hoffman,   Akers ).
Dec 04, 1993 09:24:30 31 HST:19699 The HST was berthed in the flight service structure (FSS) of the Shuttle (mission "STS-61" ).
Dec 05, 1993 03:44 42 HST:19710 Beginning of EVA ( Hoffman,   Musgrave ); the 1st [of 5] EVA of the mission "STS-61" .
Dec 05, 1993 11:38 47 HST:19715 Ending of EVA ( Hoffman,   Musgrave ), duration 7:54; mission "STS-61" .
Dec 06, 1993 03:29 57 HST:19725 Beginning of EVA ( Thornton,   Akers ); the 2nd [of 5] EVA of the mission "STS-61" .
Dec 06, 1993 10:05 61 HST:19729 Ending of EVA ( Thornton,   Akers ), duration 6:36; mission "STS-61" .
Dec 07, 1993 03:35 72 HST:19740 Beginning of EVA ( Hoffman,   Musgrave ); the 3rd [of 5] EVA of the mission "STS-61" .
Dec 07, 1993 10:22 76 HST:19744 Ending of EVA ( Hoffman,   Musgrave ), duration 6:47; mission "STS-61" .
Dec 08, 1993 03:13 87 HST:19755 Beginning of EVA ( Thornton,   Akers ); the 4th [of 5] EVA of the mission "STS-61" .
Dec 08, 1993 10:03 91 HST:19759 Ending of EVA ( Thornton,   Akers ), duration 6:50; mission "STS-61" .
Dec 09, 1993 03:30 102 HST:19770 Beginning of EVA ( Hoffman,   Musgrave ); the 5th [of 5] EVA of the mission "STS-61" .
Dec 09, 1993 10:51 106 HST:19774 Ending of EVA ( Hoffman,   Musgrave ), duration 7:21; mission "STS-61" .
Dec 10, 1993 10:26:47 121 HST:19789 Hubble is stand-alone again (mission "STS-61" ).
Dec 13, 1993 04:14:45 162 HST:19830 Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-61"   (crew: Covey,   Bowersox,   Musgrave,   Thornton,   Nicollier,   Hoffman,   Akers ).
Dec 13, 1993 05:26:26 163 HST:19831 Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-61"   (crew: Covey,   Bowersox,   Musgrave,   Thornton,   Nicollier,   Hoffman,   Akers ).

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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