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Mission "STS-77"


BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION
Registration number 1996-032A / 23870
Time and date of launch (UT) 10h.30m.00s.   May 19, 1996
Launch site Cape Canaveral, LC 39-B
Launch vehicle Shuttle
Payload mass (kg) 12233
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 39.0
   - period (minutes) 90.2
   - perigee (km) 280
   - apogee (km) 290
Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UT) 11h.10m.11s.   May 29, 1996
   - rollout time (sec.) 52
Place of landing Runway 33, Kennedy Space Center, FL
Duration 10d.00h.40m.11s.
Number of revolutions around Earth 160
Summary 11th fly of shuttle "Endeavour".



CREW
Ord.
num.
Status Main Backup Reserved
1 Cdr Casper, John Howard

2 Plt Brown, Curtis Lee, Jr.

3 MS Bursch, Daniel Wheeler

4 MS Runco, Mario, Jr.

5 MS Garneau, Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc

6 MS Thomas, Andrew Sydney Withiel

Call sign Endeavour


TIMELINE
Date Time (UT) Spaceship's revo-
lution number
Station's revo-
lution number
Explanation
May 19, 1996 10:30:00 1
Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-77"   (crew: Casper,   Brown,   Thomas,   Bursch,   Runco,   Garneau ).
May 20, 1996 22:50
Mir:58576 Beginning of the 2nd [of 6] PE-21 EVA ( Onufrienko,   Usachyov ); station "Mir" .
May 21, 1996 04:10
Mir:58580 Ending of EVA ( Onufrienko,   Usachyov ), duration 5:20; station "Mir" .
May 24, 1996 20:47
Mir:58638 Beginning of the 3rd [of 6] PE-21 EVA ( Onufrienko,   Usachyov ); station "Mir" .
May 25, 1996 02:30
Mir:58641 Ending of EVA ( Onufrienko,   Usachyov ), duration 5:43; station "Mir" .
May 29, 1996 10:09:30 160
Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-77"   (crew: Casper,   Brown,   Thomas,   Bursch,   Runco,   Garneau ).
May 29, 1996 11:10:11 161
Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-77"   (crew: Casper,   Brown,   Thomas,   Bursch,   Runco,   Garneau ).

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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