STS-74

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STS-74

- 1995 Nov 12 - - 12:30 GMT. Nation: USA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC39A. Launch Vehicle: Shuttle . LV Configuration: STS-74.

STS-74 Program: Mir. Payload: Atlantis F15 / 316GK SM. Mass: 6,134 kg. Class: Manned. Type: Spaceplane. Spacecraft: Atlantis. Agency: NASA. Perigee: 257 km. Apogee: 342 km. Inclination: 51.6 deg. Period: 91.4 min. COSPAR: 1995-061A. Duration: 8.19 days. Flight Crew: Cameron, Hadfield, Halsell, McArthur, Ross. Manned flight: STS-74.
Rendezvoused and docked with Mir space station on November 15. Delivered the Russian-built 316GK Shuttle-Mir docking module to Mir.Payloads: Shuttle-Mir Mission 2; docking module with two attached solar arrays; IMAX Cargo Bay Camera (ICBC); Glow Experiment (GLO-4)/ Photogrammetric Appendage Structural Dynamics Experiment (PASDE) Payload (GPP); Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) II.
Orbits of Earth: 129. Distance traveled: 5,471,769 km. Orbiter Liftoff Mass: 112,358 kg. Orbiter Mass at Landing: 92,701 kg. Payload to Orbit: 6,134 kg. Payload Returned: 1,786 kg. Landed at: Concrete runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. References: 2 , 5 , 6 , 7 .

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