Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 190

STS-80

Columbia (21)

USA

Patch STS-80

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  19.11.1996
Launch time:  19:55 UT
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-B
Altitude:  351 km
Inclination:  28,45°
Landing date:  07.12.1996
Landing time:  11:49 UT
Landing site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)

walkout photo

Crew STS-80

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Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USA  Cockrell  Kenneth Dale "Taco"  CDR 3 17d 15h 53m  279 
2 USA  Rominger  Kent Vernon  PLT 2 17d 15h 53m  279 
3 USA  Jernigan  Tamara Elizabeth "Tammy"  MSP 4 17d 15h 53m  279 
4 USA  Jones  Thomas David  MSP 3 17d 15h 53m  279 
5 USA  Musgrave  Franklin Story  MSP 6 17d 15h 53m  279 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Cockrell
2  Rominger
3  Jernigan
4  Jones
5  Musgrave
Space Shuttle cockpit
Landing
1  Cockrell
2  Rominger
3  Musgrave
4  Jones
5  Jernigan

Flight

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

Mission ORFEUS-SPAS-02; two planned EVA's were cancelled, because a hatch couldn't be opened; deploying and retrieval of German built astronomy-satellite ORFEUS-SPAS-02 and of the Wake Shield Facility (WSF 03); several secondary experiments; longest Shuttle-mission to date, landing was postponed due of bad weather at landing site; Musgrave became the oldest astronaut to date flying into space.

Photos / Drawings

Space Shuttle STS-80 rollout
STS-80 launch ORFEUS
Wake Shield Facility traditional in-flight photo STS-80
STS-80 landing  

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