STS-85

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STS-85 was a 1997 Space Shuttle Discovery mission focused on scientific research and technology demonstrations in low Earth orbit.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
apogee ~296 km
callsign Discovery NERFINISHED
commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crewMember Bjarni V. Tryggvason NERFINISHED
Curtis L. Brown Jr. NERFINISHED
Kent V. Rominger NERFINISHED
N. Jan Davis NERFINISHED
Robert L. Curbeam Jr. NERFINISHED
Stephen K. Robinson NERFINISHED
crewSize 6
followedByMission STS-86 NERFINISHED
inclination 28.45 degrees
landingDate 1997-08-19
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility NERFINISHED
launchDate 1997-08-07
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
missionDuration 11 days 20 hours 27 minutes
missionNumber 85
missionSpecialist N. Jan Davis NERFINISHED
Robert L. Curbeam Jr. NERFINISHED
Stephen K. Robinson NERFINISHED
notableFeature included Canadian Space Agency payload specialist Bjarni Tryggvason
second flight of CRISTA-SPAS atmospheric research platform
operator NASA
orbiter Discovery NERFINISHED
orbitsCompleted 185
orbitType low Earth orbit
payload CRISTA-SPAS-2 NERFINISHED
HST orbital systems test hardware
MFD (Manipulation Flight Demonstration) NERFINISHED
TEAMS (Technology Experiments for Advanced Missions in Space) NERFINISHED
payloadSpecialist Bjarni V. Tryggvason NERFINISHED
perigee ~285 km
pilot Kent V. Rominger NERFINISHED
precededByMission STS-94 NERFINISHED
primaryObjective atmospheric research
technology demonstrations in low Earth orbit
retrievedPayloadInOrbit CRISTA-SPAS-2 NERFINISHED
scientificFocus middle and upper atmosphere studies
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraft Space Shuttle Discovery NERFINISHED
spaceShuttleProgram Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED
spaceShuttleProgramMissionNumber Discovery flight 24 NERFINISHED
usedFreeFlyingPlatform CRISTA-SPAS-2 free flyer
yearOfMission 1997

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