STS-78
Sign in to saveSTS-78 was the fifth dedicated Life and Microgravity Spacelab mission for the Space Shuttle program, flown partly in preparation for the International Space Station project. The mission used the Space Shuttle Columbia, which lifted off successfully from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B on June 20, 1996. This marked the 78th flight of the Space Shuttle and 20th mission for Columbia.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-78
- Spaceflight.image
- STS078-733-004 Columbia and Spacelab Module LM2.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Spacelab Module LM2 in Columbia payload bay, serving as the Life and Microgravity Spacelab
- Spaceflight.insignia
- STS-78 patch.svg
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Bioscience researchMicrogravity research
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 271
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 16days, 21hours, 48minutes, 30seconds
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39B
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Kennedy, SLF Runway 33
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 7
- Spaceflight.crew_photo
- STS-78_crew.jpg
- Spaceflight.crew_photo_caption
- Left to right – Seated: Henricks, Kregel; Standing: Favier, Linnehan, Helms, Brady, Thirsk
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 1460865
- Mass
- 9649
- Orbital period
- 89.6
- Image
- STS-78 Launch.jpg
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- Commons category
- STS-78
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1996-06-20
- orbits completed
- 272
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1996-07-07
- Commons gallery
- STS-78
- orbital inclination
- 39.0
- periapsis
- 246
- apoapsis
- 261
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Backup crew
- Mission objectives
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- Mission anomaly
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-78 was the fifth dedicated Life and Microgravity Spacelab mission for the Space Shuttle program, flown partly in preparation for the International Space Station project. The mission used the Space Shuttle Columbia, which lifted off successfully from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B on June 20, 1996. This marked the 78th flight of the Space Shuttle and 20th mission for Columbia.
==Crew==