STS-60
Discovery is launched on STS-60
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| Mission type | Research | ||||
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| Operator | NASA | ||||
| COSPAR ID | 1994-006A | ||||
| SATCAT № | 22977 | ||||
| Mission duration | 8 days, 7 hours, 9 minutes, 22 seconds | ||||
| Distance travelled | 5,535,667 kilometers (3,439,704 mi) | ||||
| Orbits completed | 130 | ||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery | ||||
| Landing mass | 97,448 kilograms (214,836 lb) | ||||
| Payload mass | 10,231 kilograms (22,555 lb) | ||||
| Crew | |||||
| Crew size | 6 | ||||
| Members |
Charles F. Bolden, Jr. Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. N. Jan Davis Ronald M. Sega Franklin R. Chang-Diaz Sergei K. Krikalev |
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| Start of mission | |||||
| Launch date | 3 February 1994, 12:10:00 UTC | ||||
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A | ||||
| End of mission | |||||
| Landing date | 11 February 1994, 19:19:22 UTC | ||||
| Landing site | Kennedy SLF Runway 15 | ||||
| Orbital parameters | |||||
| Reference system | Geocentric | ||||
| Regime | Low Earth | ||||
| Perigee | 348 kilometres (216 mi) | ||||
| Apogee | 351 kilometres (218 mi) | ||||
| Inclination | 56.4 degrees | ||||
| Period | 91.5 min | ||||
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Clockwise from bottom left: Reightler, Chang-Diaz, Sega, Krikalev, Davis, Bolden
STS-60 was the first mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried Sergei K. Krikalev, the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard a Space Shuttle. The mission used Space Shuttle Discovery, which lifted off from Launch Pad 39A on 3 February 1994 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The mission carried the Wake Shield Facility experiment and a SPACEHAB module into orbit, and carried out a live bi-directional audio and downlink link-up with the cosmonauts aboard the Russian space station Mir.
After External Tank separation and main engine cutoff, a 2.5 min OMS burn was initiated at 7:52 am EST that circularized Discovery’s orbit from a 40 by 190 nautical mile (74 by 352 kilometres (219 mi)) orbit to 190 by 190 nautical miles (353 by 352 kilometres (219 mi)). Shortly after liftoff, pilot Kenneth S. Reightler Jr. experienced problems with his portable headset. The problem was traced to the Headset Interface Unit (HIU) and that unit was swapped with a flight spare. The payload bay doors were opened and around 8:45 am EST the crew was given a go for on-orbit operations.
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