STS-75
1996 American crewed spaceflight / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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STS-75 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle mission, the 19th mission of the Columbia orbiter.
Quick Facts Mission type, Operator ...
Mission type | Microgravity research Technology development |
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Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1996-012A |
SATCAT no. | 23801 |
Mission duration | 15 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes, 22 seconds |
Distance travelled | 10,500,000 kilometres (6,500,000 mi) |
Orbits completed | 252 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Columbia |
Payload mass | 10,592 kilograms (23,351 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 7 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 22 February 1996, 20:18:00 (1996-02-22UTC20:18Z) UTC |
Launch site | Kennedy LC-39B |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 9 March 1996, 13:58:22 (1996-03-09UTC13:58:23Z) UTC |
Landing site | Kennedy SLF Runway 33 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 277 kilometres (172 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 320 kilometres (200 mi) |
Inclination | 28.45 degrees |
Period | 90.5 minutes |
Left to right - Seated: Horowitz, Allen, Chang-Diaz; Standing: Cheli, Guidoni, Hoffman, Nicollier |
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