STS-63
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STS-63 was a 1995 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission notable for its close rendezvous with the Russian space station Mir as part of early Shuttle–Mir cooperation efforts.
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
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Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| callsign | Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closestApproachDistanceToMir | about 11 meters ⓘ |
| commander | James D. Wetherbee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewNationality |
American
ⓘ
Russian ⓘ |
| crewSize | 6 ⓘ |
| EVA |
First spacewalk by an African-American astronaut
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Spacewalk by Bernard A. Harris Jr. and Michael Foale NERFINISHED ⓘ Two spacewalks ⓘ |
| EVAObjective | Test spacesuit modifications and tools for future missions ⓘ |
| experimentType |
life sciences experiments
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materials science experiments ⓘ microgravity research ⓘ |
| followedBy | STS-67 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| internationalCooperation | United States–Russia space cooperation ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1995-02-11 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1995-02-03 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| missionDuration |
8 days
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8 days 6 hours 28 minutes ⓘ |
| missionPatchFeature |
American and Russian symbols
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Space Shuttle Discovery and Mir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionSpecialist |
Bernard A. Harris Jr.
NERFINISHED
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C. Michael Foale NERFINISHED ⓘ Janice E. Voss NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Foale NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir G. Titov NERFINISHED ⓘ William G. Gregory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType |
Shuttle–Mir test flight
NERFINISHED
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rendezvous with Mir ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
First African-American spacewalk (Bernard Harris)
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First female Shuttle pilot (Eileen Collins) ⓘ First rendezvous of Space Shuttle with Mir without docking ⓘ |
| operatedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| orbit | Low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| orbiter | Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Shuttle–Mir program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| payload |
OAST-Flyer
NERFINISHED
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SPARTAN-204 free-flyer NERFINISHED ⓘ Spacehab-3 module NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pilot | Eileen M. Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | STS-66 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
Conduct microgravity experiments
ⓘ
Rendezvous with Mir to test procedures for future dockings ⓘ |
| program |
NASA Space Shuttle program
ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle program
|
| secondaryObjective |
Demonstrate new rendezvous and navigation techniques
ⓘ
Test Spacehab module operations ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceStationRendezvous | Mir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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