STS-84

Launch, orbit & landing data: Designation  24804 / 97023A Launch date - time  15 May 1997 - 08:07:48 UT Launch site  KSC, LC39A Launch vehicle  Space Shuttle Orbiter  Atlantis #19 (OV-104) Primary payload  Spacehab SH-08 Mass (kg)   Flight Crew  Precourt, Collins, Clervoy, Noriega Lu, Kondakova, Foale Russia backup crew  Titov Vladimir Docking date - time  17 May 1997 - 02:33 UT Target spacecraft/port  Mir/SO module Earth orbit on :    - Perigee / Apogee  377 / 393 km    - Inclination  51.7°    - Period  92.3 min Undocking date - time  22 May 1997 - 01:04 UT Landing date - time  24 May 1997 - 13:27:44 UT Landing location  KSC, Runway 33 Flight Duration (d:hr:min)  9d 05h 20m Nbr orbits  145 Landing crew  Precourt, Collins, Clervoy, Noriega, Lu, Kondakova, Linenger  (crew STS-84 & STS-81)

Crew

Mission details:

• sixth Shuttle-Mir-Mission
• Atlantis was launched on schedule on May 15, 1997 at 08:08 UTC. It docked with the SO module on Mir on May 17 at 02:33 UTC, and the crew are transferring cargo between the Orbiter and the station.
• Jerry Linenger, who had begun his stay on Mir in mid-January aboard STS-81, would return aboard STS-84. Michael Foale would be left at the station for his stint as the American crew member of Mir. The crew transfered to Mir 466 kg of water, 383 kg of U.S. science equipment, 1,251 kg of Russian equipment and supplies, and 178 kg of miscellaneous material. Returned to Earth aboard Atlantis were 406 kg of U.S. science material, 531 kg of Russian logistics material, 14 kg of ESA material and 171 kg of miscellaneous material. Atlantis undocked from Mir at 01:04 GMT on May 22. After passing up its first landing opportunity due to clouds over the landing site, the Shuttle fired its OMS engines on the deorbit burn at 12:33 GMT on May 24. Atlantis landed at 13:27 GMT at Kennedy Space Center's runway 33.
• Cargo Bay Payloads: Orbiter Docking System; Spacehab-DM; European Proximity Sensor. In-Cabin Payloads: SIMPLEX; MSX; CREAM; RME’s.

  Developmental Test Objectives
  Detailed Supplementary Objectives
  Risk Mitigation Experiments

  • DTO 255: Wraparound DAP Flight Test Verification
  • DTO 312: External Tank TPS Performance
  • DTO 416: Water Spray Boiler Quick Restart Capability
  • DTO 663: Acoustical Noise Dosimeter Data
  • DTO 700-10 Orbiter Space Vision System Videotaping
  • DTO 700-12 Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System
  • DTO 700-14: Single String Global Positioning System
  • DTO 805: Crosswind Landing Performance
  • DTO 1118: Photographic and Video Survey of Mir Space Station
  • DSO 331: Integration of the Space Shuttle Launch and Entry Suit
  • DSO 487: Immunological Assessment of Crewmembers
  • DSO 802: Educational Activities
  • RME 1302: Mir Electrical Characteristics
  • RME 1303: Shuttle/Mir Experiment Kit Transport
  • RME 1312: Realtime Radiation Monitor Device
  • RME 1314: ESA Proximity Operations Sensor
  • RME 1317: Mir Structual Dynamics Experiment
  • RME 1318: Treadmill Vibration Isolation System B

  Payload And Vehicle Masses: Orbiter (Atlantis) empty and 3 SSME’s: 69,030 kg; Shuttle System at SRB Ignition: 2046772 kg; Orbiter Weight at Landing with Cargo: 100,289 kg; Spacehab-DM: 4,187 kg; Orbiter Docking System: 1,821 kg.

• STS-84 undocked from the Mir station at 0104 UTC on May 22. The Orbiter fired its engines to drop out of orbit at 1233 UTC on May 24, and landed at the Kennedy Space Center′s runway 33 at 1327 UTC. Jerry Linenger returned to Earth aboard Atlantis, leaving Mike Foaleas the NASA resident on Mir.

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel KSC.

Landing cancel KSC.