STS-87
Sign in to saveSTS-87 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Launch Complex 39B of the Kennedy Space Center on 19 November 1997. It was the 88th flight of the Space Shuttle and the 24th flight of Columbia. The mission goals were to conduct experiments using the United States Microgravity Payload (USMP-4), conduct two EVAs, and deploy the SPARTAN-201 experiment. This mission marked the first time an EVA was performed from Columbia. EVAs from Columbia were originally planned for STS-5 in 1982 and STS-80 in 1996, but were canceled due to spacesuit and airlock problems, respectively. It also marked the first
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- STS-87
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- Space Transportation System-87
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- AERCam Sprint Columbia.jpg
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- AERCam Sprint, one of the USMP-4 payloads, in flight above Columbia payload bay
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- Sts-87-patch.svg
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Microgravity researchTechnology development
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- NASA
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- 15 days, 16 hours, 35 minutes, 01 seconds
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39B
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- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Kennedy, SLF Runway 33
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 6
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- Sts-87 crew.jpg
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- Left to right - in orange: Chawla, Lindsey, Kregel, Kadenyuk; in white: Scott, Doi
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- Geocentric
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- Low Earth
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Space Shuttle program
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- STS-89
- Follows
- STS-86
- Duration
- 1355644
- Mass
- 4451
- Orbital period
- 90.0
- Image
- STS-87 launch.jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- Commons category
- STS-87
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1997-11-19
- crew members
- Leonid Kadeniuk
- vessel
- Columbia
- location of landing
- Launch and Landing Facility
- orbits completed
- 252
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1997-12-05
- Commons gallery
- STS-87
- orbital inclination
- 28.45
- periapsis
- 273
- apoapsis
- 279
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
- archives at
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Backup crew
- Space walks
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- United States Microgravity Payload
- SPARTAN-201
- Advanced Automated Directional Solidification Furnace
- Confined Helium Experiment
- Isothermal Dendritic Growth Experiment
- Space Acceleration Measurement System
- Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment
- Shuttle Ozone Limb Sounding Experiment
- Loop Heat Pipe
- Sodium Sulfur Battery Experiment
- Turbulent Gas Jet Diffusion Flames
- Get Away Special
- Extended Duration Orbiter
- Middeck Glove Box
- Collaborative Ukraine Experiment
- Extra-vehicular activities
- Autonomous EVA Robotic Camera
- A comic character in space
- Wake-up calls
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-87 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Launch Complex 39B of the Kennedy Space Center on 19 November 1997. It was the 88th flight of the Space Shuttle and the 24th flight of Columbia. The mission goals were to conduct experiments using the United States Microgravity Payload (USMP-4), conduct two EVAs, and deploy the SPARTAN-201 experiment. This mission marked the first time an EVA was performed from Columbia. EVAs from Columbia were originally planned for STS-5 in 1982 and STS-80 in 1996, but were canceled due to spacesuit and airlock problems, respectively. It also marked the first EVA conducted by a Japanese astronaut, Takao Doi.
==Crew==
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