STS-73
STS-73 was a Space Shuttle program mission, during October–November 1995, on board the space shuttle Columbia. The mission was the second mission for the United States Microgravity Laboratory. The crew, who spent 16 days in space, were broken up into 2 teams, the red team and the blue team. The mission also included several Detailed Test Objectives or DTO's.
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.
Objects from this launch
1 object
SATCAT inventory for 1995-056
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LL2 payloads: 0SATCAT payloads: 1Delta: +1RB: 0DEB: 0UNK: 0
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STS 73
1995-056ANORAD 23688PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: LANOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 89.74 minRCS: 266.430 m²
Inc: 39.0°
256 km → 267 km