STS-65
Sign in to saveSTS-65 was a Space Shuttle program mission of Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 8 July 1994. The flight carried a crew of 7 and was commanded by Robert D. Cabana who would go on later to lead the Kennedy Space Center. STS-65 was an international science mission that carried the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2) on a 15-day mission which featured the first animals (Japanese rice fish) to conceive and bear offspring in space. Columbia returned to the Kennedy Space Center on 23 July 1994.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-65
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-65
- Spaceflight.image
- STS-65 spacelab.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Spacelab Module LM1 in Columbia payload bay, serving as the International Microgravity Laboratory
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.insignia
- Sts-65-patch.png
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Microgravity research
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 235
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 14 days, 17 hours, 55 minutes
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Kennedy, SLF Runway 33
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 7
- Spaceflight.crew_photo
- Sts-65_crew.jpg
- Spaceflight.crew_photo_caption
- Left to right - Seated: Hieb, Cabana, Thomas; Standing: Chiao, Halsell, Naito-Mukai, Walz
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- gee
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 1274100
- Mass
- 10811
- Orbital period
- 90.5
- Image
- STS-65 spacelab.jpg
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- STS-65
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1994-07-08
- orbits completed
- 235
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1994-07-23
- Commons gallery
- STS-65
- orbital inclination
- 28.45
- periapsis
- 300
- apoapsis
- 304
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Article
21 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Backup crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- Mission overview
- Life Sciences Research Objectives
- Life Sciences Payload
- Organisms
- Hardware
- Operations
- Preflight
- Inflight
- Postflight
- Results
- Newt Study
- Jellyfish Study
- Daylily Cell Study
- Newts
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-65 was a Space Shuttle program mission of Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 8 July 1994. The flight carried a crew of 7 and was commanded by Robert D. Cabana who would go on later to lead the Kennedy Space Center. STS-65 was an international science mission that carried the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2) on a 15-day mission which featured the first animals (Japanese rice fish) to conceive and bear offspring in space. Columbia returned to the Kennedy Space Center on 23 July 1994.
==Crew==