STS-61-B
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| Uppdrag | 23 | ||||
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| Rymdfärja | Atlantis (2)[1] | ||||
| NSSDC-ID | 1985-109A[2] | ||||
| Färdens tid | 6 dagar, 21 timmar, 4 minuter, 49 sekunder | ||||
| Uppskjutning | |||||
| Startplats | Startplatta 39A vid Kennedy Space Center i Florida | ||||
| Start | 26 november 1985, 19:29 (EST) | ||||
| Landning | |||||
| Landningsplats | Edwards Air Force Base | ||||
| Landning | 3 december 1985, 13:33 (PST) | ||||
| Omloppsbana | |||||
| Varv | 108 st[3] | ||||
| Apogeum | 370 km | ||||
| Perigeum | 361 km | ||||
| Banlutning | 28,5° | ||||
| Sträcka | 4,569 miljoner km | ||||
| Rymdpromenad | |||||
| Antal | 2 st | ||||
| Total tid | 12 timmar, 13 minuter | ||||
| Besättning | |||||
| Befälhavare | Brewster H. Shaw, Jr. (2) | ||||
| Pilot | Bryan D. O'Connor (1) | ||||
| Uppdragsspecialister | Mary L. Cleave (1) Sherwood C. Spring (1) Jerry L. Ross (1) | ||||
| Nyttolastspecialister | Rodolfo Neri Vela (1) Mexiko Charles D. Walker (3) | ||||
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| Kronologi Rymdfärjeprogrammet | |||||
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STS-61-B var den tjugotredje flygningen i det amerikanska rymdfärjeprogrammet och den andra i ordningen för rymdfärjan Atlantis. Den sköts upp från Pad 39A vid Kennedy Space Center i Florida den 26 november 1985. Efter nästan sju dagar i omloppsbana runt jorden återinträdde rymdfärjan i jordens atmosfär och landade vid Edwards Air Force Base i Kalifornien.
Start och landning
Total rymdfärdstid: 06:15:04:00
Starten skedde klockan 19:29 (EST) 26 november 1985 från Pad 39A vid Kennedy Space Center i Florida.
Landningen skedde klockan 13:33 (PST) 3 december 1985 vid Edwards Air Force Base i Kalifornien.
Uppdragets mål
Huvuduppgiften för detta uppdrag var att placera tre kommunikationssatelliter i omloppsbana; Australienska AUSSAT-2 och Mexikanska MORELOS-B som båda var fortsättningar på tidigare uppdrag, samt SATCOM Ku-2.
Noterbart
Detta var den andra nattuppskjutningen i rymdfärjeprogrammet. Placeringen av de tre satelliterna filmades av en IMAX storformatskamera som monterats i lastutrymmet.
Besättning
- Brewster H. Shaw, Jr. (2), befälhavare
- Bryan D. O'Connor (1), pilot
- Mary L. Cleave (1), uppdragsspeclialist
- Sherwood C. Spring (1), uppdragsspeclialist
- Jerry L. Ross (1), uppdragsspeclialist
- Rodolfo Neri Vela (1), nyttolastspeclialist - Mexiko
- Charles D. Walker (3), nyttolastspeclialist
Väckningar
Under Geminiprogrammet började NASA spela musik för besättningar och sedan Apollo 15 har man varje "morgon" väckt besättningen med ett särskilt musikstycke, särskilt utvalt antingen för en enskild astronaut eller för de förhållanden som råder.
| Dag | Låt | Artist/Kompositör | Spelad för |
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| 2 | "Air Force Hymn" | Brewster H. Shaw, Jr. | |
| 3 | "America the Beautiful" | ||
| 4 | "Marine Corps Hymn" | Bryan D. O'Connor | |
| 5 | "Notre Dame Victory March" | Jerry Ross | |
| 6 | "Born in the U.S.A." | Bruce Springsteen |
Se även
Referenser
- ^ NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive, läst 28 juli 2016.
- ^ ”NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive” (på engelska). NASA. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1985-109A. Läst 20 mars 2020.
- ^ Manned Astronautics - Figures & Facts Arkiverad 16 augusti 2016 hämtat från the Wayback Machine., läst 28 juli 2016.
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Vostok spacecraft replica.jpg
Författare/Upphovsman: Pascal (Flickr user: pasukaru76), Licens: CC0
Vostok spacecraft replica at the Technik Museum Speyer, Germany.
Författare/Upphovsman: Pascal (Flickr user: pasukaru76), Licens: CC0
Vostok spacecraft replica at the Technik Museum Speyer, Germany.
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STS-61-B mission patch
This is the insignia designed by the STS-61B crewmembers to represent their November 1985 mission aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis, depicted here in earth orbit, making only its second space flight. The design is surrounded by the surnames of the seven crewmembers.
STS-61-B mission patch
This is the insignia designed by the STS-61B crewmembers to represent their November 1985 mission aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis, depicted here in earth orbit, making only its second space flight. The design is surrounded by the surnames of the seven crewmembers.
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STS-61A Mission Insignia
STS-61A Mission Insignia
- This insignia was chosen by the eight members of the STS-61A/D1 Spacelab mission to represent the record-sized Space Shuttle crew. Crewmembers surnames surround the colorful patch scene depicting Challenger carrying a long science module and an international crew from Europe and the United States.
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STS-61-c mission patch
STS-61-c mission patch
- Columbia, which opened the era of the Space Transportation System with four orbital flight tests, is featured in re-entry in the emblem designed by the STS-61C crew representing the seven team members who manned the vehicle for its seventh STS mission. Gold lettering against black background honors the astronaut crewmembers on the delta pattern surrounding colorful re-entry shock waves, and the payload specialists are honored similarly below the sphere.
STS-61-B crew.jpg
The crew assigned to the STS-61B mission included (kneeling left to right) Bryan D. O'conner, pilot; and Brewster H. Shaw, commander. On the back row, left to right, are Charles D. Walker, payload specialist; mission specialists Jerry L. Ross, Mary L. Cleave, and Sherwood C. Spring; and Rodolpho Neri Vela, payload specialist. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis November 28, 1985 at 7:29:00 pm (EST), the STS-61B mission's primary payload included three communications satellites: MORELOS-B (Mexico); AUSSAT-2 (Autralia); and SATCOM KU-2 (RCA Americom. Two experiments were conducted to test assembling erectable structures in space: EASE (Experimental Assembly of Structures in Extravehicular Activity), and ACCESS (Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structure). In a joint venture between NASA/Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA and Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), the Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures (ACCESS) was developed and demonstrated at MSFC's Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS). The primary objective of this experiment was to test the ACCESS structural assembly concept for suitability as the framework for larger space structures and to identify ways to improve the productivity of space construction.
The crew assigned to the STS-61B mission included (kneeling left to right) Bryan D. O'conner, pilot; and Brewster H. Shaw, commander. On the back row, left to right, are Charles D. Walker, payload specialist; mission specialists Jerry L. Ross, Mary L. Cleave, and Sherwood C. Spring; and Rodolpho Neri Vela, payload specialist. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis November 28, 1985 at 7:29:00 pm (EST), the STS-61B mission's primary payload included three communications satellites: MORELOS-B (Mexico); AUSSAT-2 (Autralia); and SATCOM KU-2 (RCA Americom. Two experiments were conducted to test assembling erectable structures in space: EASE (Experimental Assembly of Structures in Extravehicular Activity), and ACCESS (Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structure). In a joint venture between NASA/Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA and Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), the Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures (ACCESS) was developed and demonstrated at MSFC's Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS). The primary objective of this experiment was to test the ACCESS structural assembly concept for suitability as the framework for larger space structures and to identify ways to improve the productivity of space construction.