STS-78

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STS-78
Organization NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type Human Crew
Launch date June 20, 1996 (1996-06-20)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 1996-036A
Inclination 39 degrees
Experiments Here
Alternate Names 23931
Additional Information Here
Data Collection Here
Payload Mass Up 10676.2 kg
Payload Mass Down 10698.64 kg
Orbiter Columbia
Lift Off Mass 2,053,627.73 kg
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff 115,828.64 kg
Orbiter Weight at Landing 103,640.45 kg
Landed Concrete runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Orbits of Earth 272
Orbital Altitude 150 nautical miles (173 statute miles)


Contents

Crew

  • Commander: Terence T. "Tom" Henricks
  • Pilot: Kevin R. Kregel
    • Payload Commander:
    • Mission Specialist 1: Susan J. Helms
    • Mission Specialist 2: Richard M. Linnehan
    • Mission Specialist 3: Charles E. Brady Jr.
    • Mission Specialist 4:
    • Mission Specialist 5:
    • Payload Specialist 1: Jean-Jacques Favier, French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), French Space Agency (CNES)
    • Payload Specialist 2: Robert Brent Thirsk, Canadian Space Agency


ISS/Mir Crew Transport


Mission

EVA

Payload

Life and Microgravity Sciences (LMS) 01 Spacelab with long crew transfer tunnel; Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment (OARE); ex-tended-duration orbiter cryogenic pallet; Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) 8, Block II; Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) II, Configuration C


Mission patch:

Books about the Space Shuttle Program