STS-73

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STS-73

- 1995 Oct 20 - - 13:53 GMT. Nation: USA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC39B. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle . LV Configuration: STS-73.

STS-73 Program: STS. Payload: Columbia F18 / Spacelab LM / EDO. Mass: 15,250 kg. Class: Manned. Type: Spaceplane. Spacecraft: Columbia. Agency: NASA. Perigee: 241 km. Apogee: 241 km. Inclination: 39.0 deg. Period: 89.7 min. COSPAR: 1995-056A. Duration: 15.91 days. Flight Crew: Bowersox, Coleman, Leslie, Lopez-Alegria, Rominger, Sacco, Thornton. Manned flight: STS-73.
Carried USML-2 for microgravity experiments (attached to Columbia). Payloads: United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML) 2, Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment (OARE).
Orbits of Earth: 256. Distance traveled: 10,621,670 km. Orbiter Liftoff Mass: 116,646 kg. Orbiter Mass at Landing: 104,398 kg. Payload to Orbit: 15,250 kg. Payload Returned: 15,250 kg. Landed at: Concrete runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 7 .

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