STS-74

**STS-74**
Organization	NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type	Human Crew
Launch date	November 12, 1995
Launch vehicle	Space Shuttle
Launch site	Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID	1995-061A
Inclination	51.6 degrees
Experiments	Here
Alternate Names	23714
Additional Information	Here
Data Collection	Here
Payload Mass Up	6134 kg
Payload Mass Down	1790 kg
Orbiter	Atlantis
Lift Off Mass	2,050,816.82 kg
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff	112,595.00 kg
Orbiter Weight at Landing	92,897.73 kg
Landed	Concrete runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Orbits of Earth	129
Orbital Altitude	213 nautical miles (245 statute miles)

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[edit] Crew

Commander: Kenneth D. Cameron
Pilot: James D. Halsell Jr.
- Payload Commander:
- Mission Specialist 1: Chris A. Hadfield, Canadian Space Agency
- Mission Specialist 2: Jerry L. Ross
- Mission Specialist 3: William S. McArthur Jr.
- Mission Specialist 4:
- Mission Specialist 5:
- Payload Specialist 1:
- Payload Specialist 2:

ISS/Mir Crew Transport

[edit] Mission

The STS 74 mission was the second of seven planned Space Shuttle-Mir link-ups between 1995 and 1997, including rendezvous and docking and crew transfer, which will pave the way toward the assembly of the International Space Station beginning in November 1997. Major objectives included docking with the Mir space station and delivery of a Russian docking module and 2 solar arrays. This mission marked the first time astronauts from the European Space Agency (ESA), Canada, Russia and the US were in space on the same complex at one time -- a prime example of nations that will be represented on the ISS. The crew consisted of commander Kenneth Cameron, pilot James Halsell, mission specialists Jerry Ross, William McArthur and Chris Hadfield. Atlantis carried the Russian-built Docking Module, which had multi-mission androgynous docking mechanisms at top and bottom. During the flight of Mir, the crew used the Orbiter's Remote Manipulator System robot arm to hoist the Docking Module from the payload bay and berth its bottom unit atop Atlantis' docking system. Atlantis then docked with Kristall using the Docking Module. Atlantis also delivered water, supplies, and equipment, including two new solar arrays (one Russian and one jointly-developed), to upgrade the Mir. It returned to Earth experiment samples, equipment for repair and analysis, and products manufactured on the station. Also flown was the GPP payload consisting of two experiments -- the GPP experiment and the Photogrammetric Appendage Structural Dynamics Experiment (PASDE), managed by GSFC's Special Payloads Division. The GPP studied the Earth's thermosphere, ionosphere and mesopshere energetics and dynamics using broadband spectroscopy. It also interacted with the atmosphere by observing Shuttle and Mir glow, Shuttle engine firings, water dumps and fuel cell purges. Three PASDE cannisters, located throughout the cargo bay, photogrammetrically recorded structural response data of the Mir solar array during the docked phase of the mission. These data will be analyzed on the ground to verify the use of photogrammetric techniques to characterize the structural dynamics of the array, thus demonstrating that this technology can result in cost and risk reduction for the ISS on-orbit structural verification.

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[edit] Payload

Shuttle-Mir Mission 2; docking module with two attached solar arrays; IMAX Cargo Bay Camera (ICBC); Glow Experiment (GLO-4)/ Photogrammetric Appendage Structural Dynamics Experiment (PASDE) Payload (GPP); Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) II

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