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Mission "STS-83"


BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION
Registration number 1997-013A / 24755
Time and date of launch (UT) 19h.20m.32s.   April 04, 1997
Launch site Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A
Launch vehicle Shuttle
Payload mass (kg)
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 28.45
   - period (minutes) 90.5
   - perigee (km) 298
   - apogee (km) 303
Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UT) 18h.34m.11s.   April 08, 1997
   - rollout time (sec.) 60
Place of landing Runway 33, Kennedy Space Center, FL
Duration 3d.23h.13m.39s.
Number of revolutions around Earth 63
Summary 22nd fly of space shuttle "Columbia". Fly completed ahead of schedule because of problems with power.



CREW
Ord.
num.
Status Main Backup Reserved
1 Cdr Halsell, James Donald, Jr.

2 Plt (w) Still, Susan Leigh

3 MS/PC (w) Voss, Janice Elaine

4 MS Thomas, Donald Alan (w) Coleman, Catherine Grace
5 MS Gernhardt, Michael Landon

6 PS Crouch, Roger Keith Ronney, Paul David
7 PS Linteris, Gregory Thomas

Call sign Columbia


TIMELINE
Date Time (UT) Spaceship's revo-
lution number
Station's revo-
lution number
Explanation
Apr 04, 1997 19:20:32 1
Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-83"   (crew: Halsell,   Still,   Voss,   Gernhardt,   Thomas,   Crouch,   Linteris ).
Apr 06, 1997 16:04:05 1 Mir:63587 Lift-off cargo "Progress M-34" .
Apr 08, 1997 17:30:01 34 Mir:63619 Docking of "Progress M-34"   to module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM25" .
Apr 08, 1997 17:31:18 63
Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-83"   (crew: Halsell,   Still,   Voss,   Gernhardt,   Thomas,   Crouch,   Linteris ).
Apr 08, 1997 18:34:11 64
Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-83"   (crew: Halsell,   Still,   Voss,   Gernhardt,   Thomas,   Crouch,   Linteris ).

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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