Space Shuttle mission STS-64

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Space Shuttle mission STS-64 was a 1994 Discovery flight notable for conducting the first untethered U.S. spacewalk in over a decade and testing new EVA and lidar technologies.

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instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
commander Richard N. Richards NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crewMember Carl J. Meade NERFINISHED
Jerry M. Linenger NERFINISHED
L. Blaine Hammond Jr. NERFINISHED
Mark C. Lee NERFINISHED
Richard N. Richards NERFINISHED
Susan J. Helms NERFINISHED
crewSize 6
EVA untethered EVA using SAFER backpack
EVAPerformedBy Carl J. Meade NERFINISHED
Mark C. Lee NERFINISHED
experiment LITE (Lidar In-space Technology Experiment) NERFINISHED
Robot Operated Materials Processing System (ROMPS) NERFINISHED
SPARTAN-201 free-flyer deployment
Shuttle Plume Impingement Flight Experiment (SPIFEX) NERFINISHED
followedBy STS-66 NERFINISHED
landingDate 1994-09-20
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility NERFINISHED
launchDate 1994-09-09
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B NERFINISHED
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Discovery NERFINISHED
missionDuration 10 days
10 days 22 hours 50 minutes
missionObjective conduct microgravity and technology experiments
demonstrate and validate EVA and lidar technologies
deploy and retrieve SPARTAN-201 free-flyer
missionSpecialist Carl J. Meade NERFINISHED
Jerry M. Linenger NERFINISHED
Mark C. Lee NERFINISHED
Susan J. Helms NERFINISHED
missionYear 1994
NASADesignation STS-64 NERFINISHED
notableFor first untethered U.S. spacewalk since 1984
lidar technology demonstrations
testing new EVA techniques
operator NASA
orbiter Discovery NERFINISHED
orbitInclination 57 degrees
orbitRegime Low Earth orbit NERFINISHED
payload LITE payload in the payload bay
SPARTAN-201 satellite NERFINISHED
pilot L. Blaine Hammond Jr. NERFINISHED
precededBy STS-65 NERFINISHED
programPhase operational phase of Space Shuttle program
spacecraft Space Shuttle Discovery NERFINISHED
spaceShuttleProgram Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED
technologyTested SAFER (Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue) NERFINISHED
lidar atmospheric sensing from orbit

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Mark C. Lee participantIn Space Shuttle mission STS-64