Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 154

STS-54

Endeavour (3)

USA

Patch STS-54 Patch STS-54 TDRS-F

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  13.01.1993
Launch time:  13:59 UT
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-B
Altitude:  305 km
Inclination:  28,45°
Landing date:  19.01.1993
Landing time:  13:37 UT
Landing site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
STS-54 crew

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Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USA  Casper  John Howard  CDR 2 5d 23h 38m  96 
2 USA  McMonagle  Donald Ray  PLT 2 5d 23h 38m  96 
3 USA  Runco  Mario, Jr. "Trooper"  MSP 2 5d 23h 38m  96 
4 USA  Harbaugh  Gregory Jordan  MSP 2 5d 23h 38m  96 
5 USA  Helms  Susan Jane  MSP 1 5d 23h 38m  96 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Casper
2  McMonagle
3  Runco
4  Harbaugh
5  Helms
Space Shuttle cockpit
Landing
1  Casper
2  McMonagle
3  Helms
4  Harbaugh
5  Runco

Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Cape Canaveral (KSC).

The primary payload was the fifth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-F) which was deployed on day one of the mission. It was later successfully transferred to its proper orbit by the Inertial Upper Stage booster. Also carried into orbit in the payload bay was a Hitchhiker experiment called the Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer (DXS). This instrument collected data on X-ray radiation from diffuse sources in deep space.

Other middeck payloads to test the effects of microgravity included the Commercial General Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGPA) for-life sciences research; the Chromosome and Plant Cell Division in Space Experiment (CHROMEX) to-study plant growth; the Physiological and Anatomical Rodent Experiment (PARE) to examine the skeletal system and the adaptation of bone to space flight; the Space Acceleration Measurement Equipment (SANS) to measure and record the microgravity acceleration environment of middeck experiments; and the Solid Surface Combustion Experiment (SSCE) to measure the rate of flame spread and temperature of burning filter paper.

EVA by Harbaugh and Runco (4h 18m) performing a series of space-walking tasks, including testing abilities of free moving, climbing into foot restraints without using their hands and more.

Photos / Drawings

Space Shuttle STS-54 rollout
STS-54 launch STS-54 external tank
TDRS-F EVA Harbaugh and Runco
traditional in-flight photo STS-54 STS-54 landing

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