Manned Flight n°: 184 |
Earth orbit Flight n°: 181 |
USA Flight n°: 104 |
2nd Shuttle docking with Mir
Launch, orbit & landing data:
| Designation | 23714 / 95061A |
| Launch date - time | 12 Nov 1995 - 12:30:43 UT |
| Launch site | KSC, LC39A |
| Launch vehicle |
Space Shuttle |
| Orbiter | Atlantis F15 (OV-104) |
| Primary payload | External Airlock/ODS |
| Mass (kg) | |
| Flight Crew | Cameron, Halsell, Hadfield
Ross, McArthur |
| Docking date - time | 15 Nov 1995 - 06:27:38 UT |
| Target spacecraft/port | Mir/ |
| Earth orbit on : |
| - Perigee / Apogee | 336 x 347 km |
| - Inclination | 51.64 deg |
| - Period | 91.36 min |
| Undocking date - time | 18 Nov 1995 - 08:15:44 UT |
| Landing date - time | 20 Nov 1995 - 17:01:27 UT |
| Landing location | KSC, Runway 33 |
| Flight Duration (d:hr:min) | 8d 04h 31m |
| Nbr orbits | 128 |
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Crew
| Nr. |
Surname |
Given name |
Job |
Duration |
| 1 |
Cameron |
Kenneth Donald |
CDR |
8d 04h 31m |
| 2 |
Halsell |
James Donald, Jr. |
PLT |
8d 04h 31m |
| 3 |
Ross |
Jerry Lynn |
MSP |
8d 04h 31m |
| 4 |
McArthur |
William Surles, Jr. |
MSP |
8d 04h 31m |
| 5 |
Hadfield |
Chris Austin |
MSP |
8d 04h 31m |
Backup Crew
| Nr. |
Name |
Job |
| 1 |
Garneau,
Jean-Pierre M. |
MSP |
Mission details:
Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Cape
Canaveral (KSC); second docking on MIR spacestation; docking adapter was
as payload in the cargo bay and was leaved on MIR; joint research work
with 20th resident crew; after three days of common flight, separation and
returning home.
Payload: Atlantis F15 / 316GK SM. Mass: 6,134 kg. Perigee: 257 km. Apogee: 342 km. Inclination: 51.6 deg. Period: 91.4 min.
Rendezvous 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.
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