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Mission "STS-84"


BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION
Registration number 1997-023A / 24804
Time and date of launch (UTC) 08h.07m.48s.   May 15, 1997
Launch site Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A
Launch vehicle Shuttle
Payload mass (kg)
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 51.6
   - period (minutes) 92.3
   - perigee (km) 388
   - apogee (km) 404
Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UTC) 13h.28m.36s.   May 24, 1997
   - rollout time (sec.) 52
Place of landing Runway 33, Kennedy Space Center, FL
Duration 9d.05h.20m.48s.
Number of revolutions around Earth 144
Summary 19th fly of space shuttle "Atlantis". 31st expedition to the orbital station "Mir" . 6th fly of program "Mir-Shuttle". Michael Foale take the place of Jerry Linenger at the station till next fly of "Atlantis" .



LAUNCHED CREW
Ord.
num.
Status Main Backup Reserved
1 Cdr
VE-20/MIR
Precourt, Charles Joseph

2 Plt
VE-20/MIR
(w) Collins, Eileen Marie

3 MS
FE2/PE-23,24/MIR
Foale, Michael Colin (w) Voss, Janice Elaine
4 MS
VE-20/MIR
Noriega, Carlos Ismael

5 MS
VE-20/MIR
Lu, Edward Tsang

6 MS/FE/PC
VE-20/MIR
Clervoy, Jean-Francois Andre

7 MS
VE-20/MIR
(w) Kondakova, Elena Vladimirovna

Call sign Atlantis




LANDED CREW
Order
number
Status Crew
1 Cdr
VE-20/MIR
Precourt, Charles Joseph
2 Plt
VE-20/MIR
(w) Collins, Eileen Marie
3 MS
VE-20/MIR
Noriega, Carlos Ismael
4 MS
VE-20/MIR
Lu, Edward Tsang
5 MS/FE/PC
VE-20/MIR
Clervoy, Jean-Francois Andre
6 MS
VE-20/MIR
(w) Kondakova, Elena Vladimirovna
7 MS
AI/PE-22,23/MIR
Linenger, Jerry Michael


TIMELINE
Date Time (UTC) Spaceship's revo-
lution number
Station's revo-
lution number
Explanation
May 15, 1997 08:07:48 1 Mir:64190 Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-84"   (crew: Precourt,   Collins,   Clervoy,   Noriega,   Lu,   Kondakova,   Foale ).
May 17, 1997 02:33:20 29 Mir:64218 Docking of "STS-84"   mission spacecraft (crew: Precourt,   Collins,   Clervoy,   Noriega,   Lu,   Kondakova,   Foale ) to module "Kristall"   (oriented along axis -Z) of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM25"   - "Progress M-34" .

Crew of station "Mir"   after docking: Linenger,   Tsibliyev,   Lazutkin,   Precourt,   Collins,   Clervoy,   Noriega,   Lu,   Kondakova,   Foale.
May 22, 1997 01:03:56 106 Mir:64295 Undocking of "STS-84"   mission spacecraft (crew: Precourt,   Collins,   Clervoy,   Noriega,   Lu,   Kondakova,   Linenger ) from module "Kristall"   (oriented along axis -Z) of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM25"   - "Progress M-34" .

Crew of station "Mir"   after undocking: Tsibliyev,   Lazutkin,   Foale.
May 24, 1997 12:23:33 145 Mir:64333 Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-84"   (crew: Precourt,   Collins,   Clervoy,   Noriega,   Lu,   Kondakova,   Linenger ).
May 24, 1997 13:28:36 145 Mir:64334 Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-84"   (crew: Precourt,   Collins,   Clervoy,   Noriega,   Lu,   Kondakova,   Linenger ).

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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