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Mission "STS-82"


BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION
Registration number 1997-004A / 24719
Time and date of launch (UT) 08h.55m.17s.   February 11, 1997
Launch site Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A
Launch vehicle Shuttle
Payload mass (kg)
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 28.5
   - period (minutes) 96.5
   - perigee (km) 350
   - apogee (km) 579
Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UT) 08h.33m.16s.   February 21, 1997
   - rollout time (sec.) 52
Place of landing Runway 15, Kennedy Space Center, FL
Duration 9d.23h.37m.59s.
Number of revolutions around Earth 149
Summary 22nd fly of space shuttle "Discovery". 2nd fly (SM2) for repairing of cosmic telescope "Hubble" (also look "STS-31" , "STS-61" , "STS-103" , "STS-109"   and "STS-125" ).



CREW
Ord.
num.
Status Main Backup Reserved
1 Cdr Bowersox, Kenneth Dwane

2 Plt Horowitz, Scott Jay

3 MS/PC Lee, Mark Charles

4 MS Hawley, Steven Alan

5 MS Harbaugh, Gregory Jordan

6 MS Smith, Steven Lee

7 MS Tanner, Joseph Richard

Call sign Discovery


TIMELINE
Date Time (UT) Spaceship's revo-
lution number
Station's revo-
lution number
Explanation
Feb 11, 1997 08:55:17 1 HST:37099 Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-82"   (crew: Bowersox,   Horowitz,   Tanner,   Hawley,   Harbaugh,   Lee,   Smith ).
Feb 12, 1997 15:51:13 34 Mir:62759 Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM25"   (crew: Tsibliyev,   Lazutkin,   Ewald ) to fore (transitional) unit of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM24" .

Crew of station "Mir"   after docking: Korzun,   Kaleri,   Linenger,   Tsibliyev,   Lazutkin,   Ewald.
Feb 13, 1997 09:06 31 HST:37129 The HST was berthed in the flight service structure (FSS) of the Shuttle (mission "STS-82" ).
Feb 14, 1997 04:34 43 HST:37141 Beginning of EVA ( Lee,   Smith ); the 1st [of 5] EVA of the mission "STS-82" .
Feb 14, 1997 11:16 47 HST:37145 Ending of EVA ( Lee,   Smith ), duration 6:42; mission "STS-82" .
Feb 15, 1997 03:25 57 HST:37155 Beginning of EVA ( Harbaugh,   Tanner ); the 2nd [of 5] EVA of the mission "STS-82" .
Feb 15, 1997 10:52 62 HST:37160 Ending of EVA ( Harbaugh,   Tanner ), duration 7:27; mission "STS-82" .
Feb 16, 1997 02:53 72 HST:37170 Beginning of EVA ( Lee,   Smith ); the 3rd [of 5] EVA of the mission "STS-82" .
Feb 16, 1997 10:04 76 HST:37174 Ending of EVA ( Lee,   Smith ), duration 7:11; mission "STS-82" .
Feb 17, 1997 03:45 87 HST:37185 Beginning of EVA ( Harbaugh,   Tanner ); the 4th [of 5] EVA of the mission "STS-82" .
Feb 17, 1997 10:19 91 HST:37189 Ending of EVA ( Harbaugh,   Tanner ), duration 6:34; mission "STS-82" .
Feb 18, 1997 03:15 102 HST:37200 Beginning of EVA ( Lee,   Smith ); the 5th [of 5] EVA of the mission "STS-82" .
Feb 18, 1997 08:32 105 HST:37203 Ending of EVA ( Lee,   Smith ), duration 5:17; mission "STS-82" .
Feb 19, 1997 06:41 119 HST:37217 Hubble is stand-alone again (mission "STS-82" ).
Feb 21, 1997 07:21:55 149 HST:37247 Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-82"   (crew: Bowersox,   Horowitz,   Tanner,   Hawley,   Harbaugh,   Lee,   Smith ).
Feb 21, 1997 08:33:16 150 HST:37248 Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-82"   (crew: Bowersox,   Horowitz,   Tanner,   Hawley,   Harbaugh,   Lee,   Smith ).

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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