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
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 862629
- Mass
- 83122
- Orbital period
- 95.2
- Image
- Hubble servicing sts-82.jpg
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- Commons category
- STS-82
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1997-02-11
- orbits completed
- 150
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1997-02-21
- Commons gallery
- STS-82
- orbital inclination
- 28.45
- periapsis
- 475
- apoapsis
- 574
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- Crew
- Spacewalks
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission objectives
- Mission results
- Wake-up calls
- Summary of instruments exchange
- See also
- References
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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.