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Mission "STS-85"
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Mission "STS-85"
| BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION |
| Registration number | 1997-039A / 24889 |
| Time and date of launch (UT) | 14h.41m.00s. August 07, 1997 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A |
| Launch vehicle | Shuttle |
| Payload mass (kg) | |
| Orbital parameters: | |
| - inclination (degrees) | 57 |
| - period (minutes) | 90.4 |
| - perigee (km) | 298 |
| - apogee (km) | 309 |
| Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UT) | 11h.09m.07s. August 19, 1997 |
| - rollout time (sec.) | 69 |
| Place of landing | Runway 33, Kennedy Space Center, FL |
| Duration | 11d.20h.28m.07s. |
| Number of revolutions around Earth | 189 |
| Summary | 23rd fly of space shuttle "Discovery". Program of scientific investigations "CRISTA-SPAS". |
| CREW |
| Ord. num. |
Status | Main | Backup | Reserved |
| 1 | Cdr | Brown, Curtis Lee, Jr. | ||
| 2 | Plt | Rominger, Kent Vernon | ||
| 3 | MS/PC | (w) Davis, Nancy Jan | ||
| 4 | MS | Curbeam, Robert Lee | ||
| 5 | MS | Robinson, Stephen Kern | ||
| 6 | PS | Tryggvason, Bjarni Valdimar | ||
| Call sign | Discovery | |||
| TIMELINE |
| Date | Time (UT) | Spaceship's revo- lution number |
Station's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
| Aug 07, 1997 | 14:41:00 | 1 |
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Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-85" (crew: Brown, Rominger, Davis, Curbeam, Robinson, Tryggvason ). |
| Aug 07, 1997 | 17:02:07 | 34 | Mir:65507 | Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM26" (crew: Solovyov, Vinogradov ) to module "Kvant" of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM25" . |
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Crew of station "Mir" after docking: Tsibliyev, Lazutkin, Foale, Solovyov, Vinogradov. | |||
| Aug 14, 1997 | 08:55:58 | 2885 | Mir:65611 | Undocking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM25" (crew: Tsibliyev, Lazutkin ) from fore (transitional) unit of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM26" . |
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Crew of station "Mir" after undocking: Foale, Solovyov, Vinogradov. | |||
| Aug 14, 1997 | 11:21:53 | 2887 | Mir:65612 | Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM25" (crew: Tsibliyev, Lazutkin ). |
| Aug 14, 1997 | 12:17:10 | 2888 | Mir:65613 | Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM25" (crew: Tsibliyev, Lazutkin ). |
| Aug 15, 1997 | 13:29:20 | 156 | Mir:65629 | Undocking (redocking to another docking unit) of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM26" (crew: Solovyov, Vinogradov, Foale ) from module "Kvant" of station "Mir" . |
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There is nobody at the station "Mir" . | |||
| Aug 15, 1997 | 14:13:04 | 157 | Mir:65630 | Docking (redocking to another docking unit) of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM26" (crew: Solovyov, Vinogradov, Foale ) to fore (transitional) unit of station "Mir" . |
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Crew of station "Mir" after docking: Solovyov, Vinogradov, Foale. | |||
| Aug 18, 1997 | 12:52:46 | 694 | Mir:65676 | Docking of "Progress M-35" to module "Kvant" of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM26" in TOC mode. |
| Aug 19, 1997 | 10:09:46 | 189 |
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Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-85" (crew: Brown, Rominger, Davis, Curbeam, Robinson, Tryggvason ). |
| Aug 19, 1997 | 11:09:07 | 190 |
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Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-85" (crew: Brown, Rominger, Davis, Curbeam, Robinson, Tryggvason ). |
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