STS-66

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STS-66
Organization NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type Human Crew
Launch date November 3, 1994 (1994-11-03)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 1994-073A
Inclination 57 degrees
Experiments Here
Alternate Names 23340
Additional Information Here
Data Collection Here
Payload Mass Up 10544 kg
Payload Mass Down 10566.82 kg
Orbiter Atlantis
Lift Off Mass 2,049,258.64 kg
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff 110,835.91 kg
Orbiter Weight at Landing 95,382.73 kg
Landed Concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Orbits of Earth 174
Orbital Altitude 164 nautical miles (189 statute miles)


Contents

Crew

  • Commander: Donald R. McMonagle
  • Pilot: Curtis L. Brown Jr.
    • Payload Commander: Ellen Ochoa
    • Mission Specialist 1: Scott E. Parazynski
    • Mission Specialist 2: Joseph R. Tanner
    • Mission Specialist 3: Jean-Francois Clervoy, European Space Agency
    • Mission Specialist 4:
    • Mission Specialist 5:
    • Payload Specialist 1:
    • Payload Specialist 2:


ISS/Mir Crew Transport


Mission

EVA

Payload

Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS) 3; Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere (CRISTA)-Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS) 1; Experiment of the Sun for Complementing the ATLAS Payload for Education (ESCAPE) II; Inter-Mars Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter (ITEPC); Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) A; Physiological and Anatomical Rodent Experiment (PARE/NIH-R); Protein Crystal Growth (PCG-TES and PCG-STES); Space Tissue Loss (STL/NIHC-A); Shuttle Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS); Heat Pipe Performance (HPP)


Mission patch:

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