STS-63
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Mission dates | |||
Mission: | STS-63 | ||
COSPAR-ID : | 1995-004A | ||
Crew: | 6th | ||
Begin: | February 3, 1995, 05:22:04 UTC | ||
Starting place: | Kennedy Space Center , LC-39B | ||
Space station: | Me | ||
Number of EVA : | 1 | ||
Landing: | February 11, 1995, 11:50:19 UTC | ||
Landing place: | Kennedy Space Center, Lane 15 | ||
Flight duration: | 8d 6h 28min 15s | ||
Earth orbits: | 129 | ||
Rotation time : | 91.0 min | ||
Apogee : | 342 km | ||
Perigee : | 310 km | ||
Covered track: | 4.8 million km | ||
Team photo | |||
![]() v. l. No. Front: Janice Voss, Eileen Collins, James Wetherbee, Wladimir Titow; Back: Bernard Harris, Michael Foale |
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STS-63 ( english S pace T ransportation S ystem) is a mission designation for the US Space Shuttle Discovery ( OV -103) of NASA . The launch took place on February 3, 1995. It was the 67th space shuttle mission and the 20th flight of the space shuttle Discovery.
team
Main team
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James Wetherbee (3rd space flight), commander
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Eileen Collins (1st spaceflight), pilot
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Michael Foale (3rd spaceflight), mission specialist
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Janice Voss (2nd spaceflight), mission specialist
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Bernard Harris , (2nd spaceflight), mission specialist
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Vladimir Titov (3rd space flight), Mission Specialist Russia
replacement
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Sergei Krikalev for Titov
Mission overview
STS-63 carried out the first rendezvous of a US space shuttle (piloted by a woman for the first time with pilot Collins) with the Russian Mir station , which at the time was manned by Alexander Viktorenko , Valery Vladimirovich Polyakov and Jelena Kondakowa . The Discovery approached Mir within eleven meters, held this position for a quarter of an hour, and then withdrew to a distance of 122 meters. In the further course of the mission, cosmonaut Titov deployed the SPARTAN 204 platform ( MET 04/06: 50) and caught it again (MET 06/06: 11). Moreover, the two mission specialists Bernard Harris and Mike Foale left the space shuttle for a four and a half hour spacewalk to test the newly designed space suit (in terms of thermal insulation). They also gained experience in handling heavy masses in space (SPARTAN satellite).
See also
Web links
- NASA Mission overview (English)
- Video summary with comments of the crew (English)