STS-64

STS-64
Uppdrag64
RymdfärjaDiscovery (19)[1]
NSSDC-ID1994-059A[2]
Färdens tid10 dagar, 22 timmar, 49 minuter, 57 sekunder
Uppskjutning
StartplatsStartplatta 39B vid Kennedy Space Center i Florida
Start9 september 1994, 6:22:35pm EDT
Landning
LandningsplatsRunway 4, Edwards AFB, California
Landning20 september, 1994, 5:12:52pm EDT
Omloppsbana
Varv174 st[3]
Apogeum269 km
Perigeum259 km
Banlutning56,9°
Sträcka7,242 miljoner km
Rymdpromenad
Antal1 st
Total tid6 timmar, 51 minuter
Besättning
BefälhavareRichard N. Richards (4)
PilotL. Blaine Hammond (2)
UppdragsspecialisterJerry M. Linenger (1)
Susan J. Helms (2)
Carl J. Meade (3)
Mark C. Lee (3)
Kronologi
Rymdfärjeprogrammet
Föregående uppdragNästa uppdrag
STS-65 STS-68

STS-64 var en flygning i det amerikanska rymdfärjeprogrammet med rymdfärjan Discovery. Den sköts upp från Pad 39B vid Kennedy Space Center i Florida den 9 september 1994. Efter nästan elva dagar i omloppsbana runt jorden återinträdde rymdfärjan i jordens atmosfär och landade vid Edwards Air Force Base i Kalifornien.

Besättning

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=1994-059A. Läst 20 mars 2020. 
  3. ^ Manned Astronautics - Figures & Facts Arkiverad 17 oktober 2013 hämtat från the Wayback Machine., läst 28 juli 2016.

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USA Rymdfärjan Discovery (OV-103)
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STS-65 Mission Insignia

Designed by the mission crew members, the STS-65 insignia features the International Microgravity Lab (IML)-2 mission and its Spacelab module which flew aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. IML-2 is reflected in the emblem by two gold stars shooting toward the heavens behind the IML lettering. The Space Shuttle Columbia is depicted orbiting the logo and reaching off into space, with Spacelab on an international quest for a better understanding of the effects of space flight on materials processing and life sciences.
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Författare/Upphovsman: Pascal (Flickr user: pasukaru76), Licens: CC0
Vostok spacecraft replica at the Technik Museum Speyer, Germany.
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STS-64 Crew
  • The crew assigned to the STS-64 mission included Richard N. Richards, commander (center front); L. Blaine Hammond Jr., pilot (front left); and Susan J. Helms, mission specialist (front right). On the back row, from left to right, are Mark C. Lee, Jerry M. Linenger, and Carl J. Meade, all mission specialists. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on September 9, 1994 at 6:22:55 pm (EDT), the STS-64 mission marked the first flight of the Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE) and the first untethered Extravehicular Activity (EVA) in ten years.
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STS-64 Mission Insignia

The STS-64 patch depicts the Space Shuttle Discovery in a payload-bay-to-Earth attitude with its primary payload, Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE-1) operating in support of Mission to Planet Earth. LITE-1 is a lidar system that uses a three-wavelength laser, symbolized by the three gold rays emanating from the star in the payload bay that form part of the astronaut symbol. The major objective of the LITE-1 is to gather data about the Earth's troposphere and stratosphere, represented by the clouds and dual-colored Earth limb. A secondary payload on STS-64 is the free-flier SPARTAN 201 satellite shown on the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm post-retrieval. The RMS also operated another payload, Shuttle Plume Impingement Flight Experiment (SPIFEX). A newly tested extravehicular activity (EVA) maneuvering device, Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER), represented symbolically by the two small nozzles on the backpacks of the two untethered EVA crew men. The names of the crew members encircle the patch: Astronauts Richard N. Richards, L. Blaine Hammond, Jr., Jerry M. Linenger, Susan J. Helms, Carl J. Meade and Mark C. Lee. The gold or silver stars by each name represent that person's parent service.
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STS-68 Mission Insignia

This STS-68 patch was designed by artist Sean Collins. Exploration of Earth from space is the focus of the design of the insignia, the second flight of the Space Radar Laboratory (SRL-2). SRL-2 was part of NASA's Mission to Planet Earth (MTPE) project. The world's land masses and oceans dominate the center field, with the Space Shuttle Endeavour circling the globe. The SRL-2 letters span the width and breadth of planet Earth, symbolizing worldwide coverage of the two prime experiments of STS-68: The Shuttle Imaging Radar-C and X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) instruments; and the Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites (MAPS) sensor. The red, blue, and black colors of the insignia represent the three operating wavelengths of SIR-C/X-SAR, and the gold band surrounding the globe symbolizes the atmospheric envelope examined by MAPS. The flags of international partners Germany and Italy are shown opposite Endeavour. The relationship of the Orbiter to Earth highlights the usefulness of human space flights in understanding Earth's environment, and the monitoring of its changing surface and atmosphere. In the words of the crew members, the soaring Orbiter also typifies the excellence of the NASA team in exploring our own world, using the tools which the Space Program developed to explore the other planets in the solar system.