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Mission "STS-67"


BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION
Registration number 1995-007A / 23500
Time and date of launch (UT) 06h.38m.13s.   March 02, 1995
Launch site Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A
Launch vehicle Shuttle
Payload mass (kg) 13116
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 28.45
   - period (minutes)
   - perigee (km) 305
   - apogee (km) 305
Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UT) 21h.48m.00s.   March 18, 1995
   - rollout time (sec.) 61
Place of landing Runway 22, Edwards Air Force Base, CA
Duration 16d.15h.09m.47s.
Number of revolutions around Earth 262
Summary 8th fly of shuttle "Endeavour". Microgravity experiments. 2nd fly of observatory ASTRO. Experiments of program GAS.



CREW
Ord.
num.
Status Main Backup Reserved
1 Cdr Oswald, Stephen Scot

2 Plt Gregory, William George

3 MS/PC (w) Jernigan, Tamara Elizabeth

4 MS Grunsfeld, John Mace

5 MS (w) Lawrence, Wendy Berrien

6 PS Parise, Ronald Anthony Bartoe, John-David Francis
7 PS Durrance, Samuel Thornton

Call sign Endeavour


TIMELINE
Date Time (UT) Spaceship's revo-
lution number
Station's revo-
lution number
Explanation
Mar 02, 1995 06:38:13 1
Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-67"   (crew: Oswald,   Gregory,   Grunsfeld,   Lawrence,   Jernigan,   Durrance,   Parise ).
Mar 14, 1995 06:11:34 1 Mir:51817 Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-TM21"   (crew: Dezhurov,   Strekalov,   Thagard ). 13 astronauts first are in the orbit at the same time!
Mar 15, 1995 02:26:38 429 Mir:51830 Undocking of "Progress M-26"   from module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM20" .
Mar 15, 1995 05:28:00 431 Mir:51832 Deorbit burn of "Progress M-26" .
Mar 15, 1995 06:15 431 Mir:51832 End of existence of "Progress M-26" .
Mar 16, 1995 07:45:25 34 Mir:51849 Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM21"   (crew: Dezhurov,   Strekalov,   Thagard ) to module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM20" .

Crew of station "Mir"   after docking: Viktorenko,   Kondakova,   Polyakov,   Dezhurov,   Strekalov,   Thagard.
Mar 18, 1995 20:39:13 262
Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-67"   (crew: Oswald,   Gregory,   Grunsfeld,   Lawrence,   Jernigan,   Durrance,   Parise ).
Mar 18, 1995 21:48:00 263
Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-67"   (crew: Oswald,   Gregory,   Grunsfeld,   Lawrence,   Jernigan,   Durrance,   Parise ).

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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