Human Spaceflights

International Flight No. 174

STS-67

Endeavour (8)

USA

Patch STS-67 Patch STS-67 RASTRO

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Patch ASTRO-2

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  02.03.1995
Launch time:  06:38 UTC
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-A
Altitude:  346 km
Inclination:  28,45°
Landing date:  18.03.1995
Landing time:  21:47 UTC
Landing site:  Edwards AFB

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Crew STS-67

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Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USA  Oswald  Steven Scot  CDR 3 16d 15h 08m  262 
2 USA  Gregory  William George "Borneo"  PLT 1 16d 15h 08m  262 
3 USA  Grunsfeld  John Mace  MSP 1 16d 15h 08m  262 
4 USA  Lawrence  Wendy Barrien  MSP 1 16d 15h 08m  262 
5 USA  Jernigan  Tamara Elizabeth "Tammy"  MSP 3 16d 15h 08m  262 
6 USA  Durrance  Samuel Thornton  PSP 2 16d 15h 08m  262 
7 USA  Parise  Ronald Anthony  PSP 2 16d 15h 08m  262 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Oswald
2  Gregory
3  Grunsfeld
4  Lawrence
5  Jernigan
6  Durrance
7  Parise
Space Shuttle cockpit
Landing
1  Oswald
2  Gregory
3  Jernigan
4  Lawrence
5  Grunsfeld
6  Durrance
7  Parise

Backup Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position
6 USA  Vangen  Scott Duane  PSP
7 USA  Bartoe  John-David Francis  PSP
Scott Vangen John-David Bartoe

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Flight

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

ASTRO-2 was the second dedicated Spacelab mission to conduct astronomical observations in the ultraviolet spectral regions. It consists of three unique instruments - the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT), the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT) and the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE). These experiments will select targets from a list of over 600 and observe objects ranging from some inside the solar system to individual stars, nebulae, supernova remnants, galaxies and active extragalactic objects.

On the Middeck, science experiments include the Protein Crystal Growth Thermal Enclosure System Vapor Diffusion Apparatus-03 experiment (PCG-TES-03), the Protein Crystal Growth Single Thermal Enclosure System-02 (PCG-STES-02), the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment-II (SAREX-II), the Middeck Active Control Experiment (MACE), the Commercial Materials Dispersion Apparatus Instrumentation Technology Associates Experiments-03 (CMIX-03) and the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX).

The mission was extended one day due of bad weather and so this Shuttle flight became the longest to date.

Photos / Drawings

Space Shuttle ASTRO-2
STS-67 rollout STS-67 on launch pad
STS-67 launch ASTRO-2
traditional in-flight photo STS-67 STS-67 landing

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