STS-63

STS-63
Uppdrag67
RymdfärjaDiscovery (20)[1]
NSSDC-ID1995-004A[2]
Färdens tid8 dagar, 6 timmar, 29 minuter, 36 sekunder
Uppskjutning
StartplatsPad 39B vid Kennedy Space Center i Florida
Start3 februari 1995, 05:22:04 UTC
Landning
LandningsplatsKSC runway 15
Landning11 februari 1995, 11:51:40 UTC
Omloppsbana
Varv129 st[3]
Apogeum342 km
Perigeum275 km
Banlutning51,6°
Sträcka2,992 miljoner km
Rymdpromenad
Antal1 st
Total tid4 timmar, 39 minuter
Besättning
BefälhavareJames D. Wetherbee (3)
PilotEileen M. Collins (1)
UppdragsspecialisterMichael Foale, Ph.D. (3)
Janice E. Voss, Ph.D. (2)
Bernard A. Harris, Jr., M.D. (2)
Vladimir Titov (4) Ryssland
Kronologi
Rymdfärjeprogrammet
Föregående uppdragNästa uppdrag
STS-66 STS-67

STS-63 var den 67 flygningen i det amerikanska rymdfärjeprogrammet och den tjugonde i ordningen för rymdfärjan Discovery. Den sköts upp från Pad 39B vid Kennedy Space Center i Florida den 3 februari 1995. Efter drygt åtta dagar i omloppsbana runt jorden återinträdde rymdfärjan i jordens atmosfär och landade vid Kennedy Space Center.

Resan gick till den ryska rymdstationen Mir för att förbereda den första dockningen, som skulle ske med STS-71. I rymdfärjans lastrum bar man även en Spacehab modul.

Eileen M. Collins blev genom flygningen rymdfärjeprogrammets första kvinnliga pilot.

Flygningens mål

Flygningens mål var att testa rymdfärjans förmåga att på ett kontrollerat sätt närma sig rymdstationen Mir. Som närmast befann man sig 11 meter från rymdstationen. Under flygningen började flera styrraketer läcka bränsle.

Se även

Referenser

  1. ^ NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive Arkiverad 20 mars 2009 hämtat från the Wayback Machine., läst 28 juli 2016.
  2. ^ ”NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive” (på engelska). NASA. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1995-004A. Läst 20 mars 2020. 
  3. ^ Manned Astronautics - Figures & Facts Arkiverad 4 mars 2016 hämtat från the Wayback Machine., läst 28 juli 2016.

Externa länkar

USA Rymdfärjan Discovery (OV-103)
Observera att numreringen på uppdragen inte följer varandra. Det beror på att numret tilldelas dem för den ordning uppdraget planerats att genomföras, inte den ordning det i slutändan genomfördes.
Bemannade flygningar till Mir
1980-talMir insignia
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Vostok spacecraft replica at the Technik Museum Speyer, Germany.
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STS-66 Mission Insignia

Designed by the mission crew members, the STS-66 emblem depicts the Space Shuttle Atlantis launching into Earth orbit to study global environmental change. The payload for the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-3) and complementary experiments were part of a continuing study of the atmosphere and the Sun's influence on it. The Space Shuttle is trailed by gold plumes representing the astronaut symbol and is superimposed over Earth, much of which is visible from the flight's high inclination orbit. Sensitive instruments aboard the ATLAS pallet in the Shuttle payload bay and on the free-flying Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmospheric-Shuttle Pallet Satellite (CHRISTA-SPAS) that gazed down on Earth and toward the Sun, are illustrated by the stylized sunrise and visible spectrum.
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STS-63 Mission Insignia

Designed by the crew members, the STS-63 crew patch depicts the orbiter maneuvering to rendezvous with Russia's Space Station Mir. The name is printed in Cyrillic on the side of the station. Visible in the Orbiter's payload bay are the commercial space laboratory Spacehab and the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN) satellite which are major payloads on the flight. The six points on the rising sun and the three stars are symbolic of the mission's Space Transportation System (STS) numerical designation. Flags of the United States and Russia at the bottom of the patch symbolize the cooperative operations of this mission.
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STS-67 Mission Insignia

Observation and remote exploration of the universe in the ultraviolet wavelengths of light were the focus of the STS-67/ASTRO-2 mission, as depicted in the crew patch designed by the crew members. The insignia shows the ASTRO-2 telescopes in the Space Shuttle Endeavour's payload bay, orbiting high above Earth's atmosphere. The three sets of rays, diverging from the telescope on the patch atop the Instrument Pointing System (IPS), correspond to the three ASTRO-2 telescopes - the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT), the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT), and the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE). The telescopes are coaligned to simultaneously view the same astronomical object, as shown by the convergence of rays on the NASA symbol. This symbol also represents the excellence of the union of the NASA teams and universality's in the exploration of the universe through astronomy. The celestial targets of ASTRO-2 include the observation of planets, stars, and galaxies shown in the design. The two small atoms represent the search in the ultraviolet spectrum for the signature of primordial helium in intergalactic space left over from the Big Bang. The observations performed on ASTRO-2 will contribute to man's knowledge and understanding of the vast universe, from the planets in out system to the farthest reaches of space.
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STS-63 Crew

  • Crew members assigned to the STS-63 mission included (front left to right) Janice E. Voss, mission specialist; Eileen M. Collins, pilot; (the first woman to pilot a Space Shuttle), James D. Wetherbee, commander; and Vladmir G. Titov (Cosmonaut). Standing in the rear are mission specialists Bernard A. Harris (the first Afro-American to walk in space), and C. Michael Foale. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on February 3, 1995 at 12:22:04 am (EST), the primary payload for the mission was the SPACEHAB-3. STS-63 marked the first approach and fly around by the Shuttle with the Russian space station Mir.