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Mission "STS-94"


BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION
Registration number 1997-032A / 24849
Time and date of launch (UT) 18h.02m.00s.   July 01, 1997
Launch site Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A
Launch vehicle Shuttle
Payload mass (kg)
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 28.45
   - period (minutes) 90.6
   - perigee (km) 304
   - apogee (km) 308
Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UT) 10h.47m.31s.   July 17, 1997
   - rollout time (sec.) 58
Place of landing Runway 33, Kennedy Space Center, FL
Duration 15d.16h.45m.31s.
Number of revolutions around Earth 250
Summary 23rd fly of space shuttle "Columbia". Extraordinary fly (because of unsuccessful previous   fly). Investigation program at scientific module "Spacelab".



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

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
Jul 01, 1997 18:02:00 1
Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-94"   (crew: Halsell,   Still,   Voss,   Gernhardt,   Thomas,   Crouch,   Linteris ).
Jul 02, 1997 05:34:58 1353 Mir:64937 Deorbit burn of "Progress M-34" .
Jul 02, 1997 06:31:50 1353 Mir:64938 End of existence of "Progress M-34" .
Jul 05, 1997 04:11:54 1 Mir:64983 Lift-off cargo "Progress M-35" .
Jul 07, 1997 05:59:24 34 Mir:65016 Docking of "Progress M-35"   to module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM25" .
Jul 17, 1997 09:43:45 250
Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-94"   (crew: Halsell,   Still,   Voss,   Gernhardt,   Thomas,   Crouch,   Linteris ).
Jul 17, 1997 10:47:31 251
Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-94"   (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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