STS-63

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Mission emblem
Mission emblem STS-63
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
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

replacement

Mission overview

Recorded to me by Discovery

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).

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Commons : STS-63  - album with pictures, videos and audio files