STS-83

Columbia (22)

USA

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	04.04.1997
Launch time:	19:20 UT
Launch site:	Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:	39-A
Altitude:	296 km
Inclination:	28,45°
Landing date:	08.04.1997
Landing time:	18:33 UT
Landing site:	Cape Canaveral (KSC)

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Halsell	James Donald, Jr.	CDR	3	3d 23h 13m	63
2	Still	Susan Leigh	PLT	1	3d 23h 13m	63
3	Voss	Janice Elaine	MSP	3	3d 23h 13m	63
4	Gernhardt	Michael Landon	MSP	2	3d 23h 13m	63
5	Thomas	Donald Alan	MSP	3	3d 23h 13m	63
6	Crouch	Roger Keith	PSP	1	3d 23h 13m	63
7	Linteris	Gregory Thomas	PSP	1	3d 23h 13m	63

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Halsell
2	Still
3	Voss
4	Gernhardt
5	Thomas
6	Crouch
7	Linteris

Landing
1	Halsell
2	Still
3	Thomas
4	Gernhardt
5	Voss
6	Crouch
7	Linteris

Backup Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job
5	Coleman	Catherine Grace "Cady"	MSP
	Ronney	Paul David	PSP
	Johnston	Alan Eugene	PSP

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Flight

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

Mission "Microgravity Science Lab 1 (MSL)"; mission was aborted due of a fuel-cell failure (third Minimum Duration Mission in the Shuttle history); originally the mission was scheduled to last 15 - 16 days; experiments were only performed on a small level.