STS-82
Sign in to saveSTS-82 was the 22nd flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the 82nd mission of the Space Shuttle program. It was NASA's second mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, during which ''Discovery's'' crew repaired and upgraded the telescope's scientific instruments, increasing its research capabilities. Discovery launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on February 11, 1997, returning to Earth on February 21, 1997, at Kennedy Space Center.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-82
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-82
- Spaceflight.image
- STS082-703-009.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_upright
- 1.1
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- The Hubble Space Telescope in Space Shuttle Discovery's Payload bay
- Spaceflight.insignia
- Sts-82-patch.png
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Hubble servicing
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 149
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 9days, 23hours, 38minutes, 9seconds
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Kennedy, SLF Runway 15
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 7
- Spaceflight.crew_photo
- STS-82_crew.jpg
- Spaceflight.crew_photo_caption
- Left to right - Front: Bowersox, Hawley, Horowitz; Back: Tanner, Harbaugh, Lee, Smith
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Space Shuttle program
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- STS-83
- Follows
- STS-81
- Duration
- 862629
- Mass
- 83122
- Orbital period
- 95.2
- Image
- Hubble servicing sts-82.jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- Commons category
- STS-82
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1997-02-11
- crew members
- Steven Smith
- vessel
- Discovery
- location of landing
- Launch and Landing Facility
- orbits completed
- 150
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1997-02-21
- Commons gallery
- STS-82
- orbital inclination
- 28.45
- periapsis
- 475
- apoapsis
- 574
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
- archives at
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Spacewalks
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission objectives
- Mission results
- Wake-up calls
- Summary of instruments exchange
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-82 was the 22nd flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the 82nd mission of the Space Shuttle program. It was NASA's second mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, during which ''Discovery's'' crew repaired and upgraded the telescope's scientific instruments, increasing its research capabilities. Discovery launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on February 11, 1997, returning to Earth on February 21, 1997, at Kennedy Space Center.
==Crew== Discovery was crewed by a seven person team for the STS-82 mission.
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