STS-87
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STS-87 was a 1997 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on microgravity and solar physics experiments, notable for including astronaut Kalpana Chawla among its crew.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| STS-87 canonical | 3 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| carriedPayload |
Get Away Special canisters
ⓘ
Hitchhiker payloads ⓘ Spartan-Halley (SPARTAN-203) ⓘ
surface form:
Spartan 201-04
|
| commander | Kevin R. Kregel ⓘ |
| crewMember |
Kalpana Chawla
ⓘ
Kevin R. Kregel ⓘ Leonid Kadenyuk ⓘ Steven W. Lindsey NERFINISHED ⓘ Takao Doi ⓘ Winston E. Scott ⓘ |
| crewSize | 6 ⓘ |
| evaCount | 2 ⓘ |
| evaPerformedBy |
Takao Doi
ⓘ
Winston E. Scott ⓘ |
| evaPurpose | space station assembly and maintenance tests ⓘ |
| experiment |
microgravity combustion experiments
ⓘ
microgravity materials science experiments ⓘ solar physics observations ⓘ space biology experiments ⓘ |
| followedBy | STS-89 ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1997-12-05 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1997-11-19 ⓘ |
| launchMass | about 115,000 kg ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 15 days 16 hours 34 minutes ⓘ |
| missionPatchFeature |
Spacelab missions
ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle Columbia with microgravity and solar imagery themes
|
| missionSpecialist |
Kalpana Chawla
ⓘ
Takao Doi ⓘ Winston E. Scott ⓘ |
| missionType |
microgravity research mission
ⓘ
solar physics research mission ⓘ |
| notableFor |
deployment and recapture issues with Spartan 201
ⓘ
first flight of a Ukrainian astronaut Leonid Kadenyuk ⓘ first spaceflight of Kalpana Chawla ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitApogee | approximately 307 km ⓘ |
| orbitInclination | 28.45 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitPerigee | approximately 296 km ⓘ |
| orbitPeriod | about 90.4 minutes ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 252 ⓘ |
| payloadSpecialist | Leonid Kadenyuk ⓘ |
| pilot | Steven W. Lindsey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | STS-86 ⓘ |
| primaryPayload |
USMP-4
ⓘ
United States Microgravity Payload-4 ⓘ |
| program |
NASA Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
| spacecraft |
OV-102
ⓘ
Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ |
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