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STS-83 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission flown by . It was a science research mission that achieved orbit successfully, but the planned duration was a failure due to a technical problem with a fuel cell that resulted in the abort of the 15 day duration. Columbia returned to Earth just shy of four days. The mission was re-flown as STS-94 with the same crew later that year.

Key facts

Spaceflight.name
STS-83
Spaceflight.image
STS-83 landing.jpg
Spaceflight.image_caption
Columbia lands at Kennedy, following an abort of the mission due to a fuel cell malfunction
Spaceflight.insignia
Sts-83-patch.png
Spaceflight.mission_type
Microgravity research
Spaceflight.operator
NASA
Spaceflight.mission_duration
Actual: Planned: 15days and 16hours
Spaceflight.launch_site
Kennedy, LC-39A
Spaceflight.launch_date
 UTC (14:20:32 EST)
Spaceflight.landing_date
 UTC (14:33:11 EDT)
Spaceflight.landing_site
Kennedy, SLF Runway 33
Spaceflight.crew_size
7
Spaceflight.crew_photo
STS-83_crew.jpg
Spaceflight.crew_photo_caption
Back row, from left: Crouch, Linteris and GernhardtFront row: Voss, Halsell, Still and Thomas
Spaceflight.apsis
gee
Spaceflight.orbit_reference
Geocentric orbit
Spaceflight.orbit_regime
Low Earth orbit
Spaceflight.orbit_period
90.5 minutes

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Wikidata facts

Operator
NASA
Followed by
STS-84
Follows
STS-82
Duration
342818
Mass
11377
Orbital period
90.5
Image
STS-83 landing.jpg
Significant event
rocket launch
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Commons category
STS-83
UTC date of spacecraft launch
1997-04-04
type of orbit
low Earth orbit
vessel
Columbia
location of landing
Launch and Landing Facility
orbits completed
63
UTC date of spacecraft landing
1997-04-08
Commons gallery
STS-83
orbital inclination
28.45
periapsis
298
apoapsis
302
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