STS-54

STS-54

Infobox Space mission
mission_name = STS-54
insignia = Sts-54-patch.png shuttle = Endeavour
launch_pad = 39-B
launch = January 13, 1993, 8:59.30 a.m. EST
landing = January 19, 1993, 8:37.47 a.m. EST, KSC Runway 33
duration = 5 days 23 hours 38 minutes 19 seconds
altitude = 165 nautical miles (306 km)
inclination = 28.45 degrees
orbits = 96
distance = 2,500,000 miles (4,000,000 km)
crew_photo = Sts-54_crew.jpg
crew_caption =
previous = STS-53
next = STS-56

STS-54 Shuttle-TDRS mission was a "Space Transportation System" (NASA Space Shuttle) mission, launched January 13, 1993.

Crew

*John H. Casper (2), Commander
*Donald R. McMonagle (2), Pilot
*Mario Runco, Jr.(2), Mission Specialist 1
*Gregory J. Harbaugh (2), Mission Specialist 2
*Susan J. Helms (1), Mission Specialist 3

Mission parameters

*Mass:
**"Orbiter landing with payload:" 92,988 kg
**"Payload:" 18,559 kg
*Perigee: 302 km
*Apogee: 309 km
*Inclination: 28.5°
*Period: 90.6 min

pace walks

*" Harbaugh and Runco " - EVA 1
*EVA 1 Start: January 17, 1993
*EVA 1 End: January 17, 1993
*Duration: 4 hours, 28 minutes

Mission highlights

The primary payload was the fifth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-F) which was deployed on day one of the mission. It was later successfully transferred to its proper orbit by the Inertial Upper Stage booster.

Also carried into orbit in the payload bay was a Hitchhiker experiment called the Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer (DXS). This instrument collected data on X-ray radiation from diffuse sources in deep space.

Other middeck payloads to test the effects of microgravity included the Commercial General Bioprocessing Apparatus (CGPA) for-life sciences research; the Chromosome and Plant Cell Division in Space Experiment (CHROMEX) to-study plant growth; the Physiological and Anatomical Rodent Experiment (PARE) to examine the skeletal system and the adaptation of bone to space flight; the Space Acceleration Measurement Equipment (SANS) to measure and record the microgravity acceleration environment of middeck experiments; and the Solid Surface Combustion Experiment (SSCE) to measure the rate of flame spread and temperature of burning filter paper.

Also, on day five, mission specialists Mario Runco and Gregory J. Harbaugh spent nearly 5 hours in the open cargo bay performing a series of space-walking tasks designed to increase NASA's knowledge of working in space. They tested their abilities to move about freely in the cargo bay, climb into foot restraints without using their hands and simulated carrying large objects in the microgravity environment.

ee also

*Space science
*Space shuttle
*List of space shuttle missions
*List of human spaceflights chronologically

External links

* [http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-54/mission-sts-54.html NASA mission summary]
* [http://www.nss.org/resources/library/shuttlevideos/shuttle53.htm STS-54 Video Highlights]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • STS-1 — is also an abbreviation for Synchronous Transport Signal (level) 1 in the SONET hierarchy. STS 1 Mission insignia Mission statistics Mission name STS 1 …   Wikipedia

  • STS-1 — Données de la mission Vaisseau Navette spatiale Columbia Équipage 2 hommes Date de lancement 12 avril 1981 à 12:00:03 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • STS-2 — Données de la mission Vaisseau Navette spatiale Columbia Équipage 2 hommes Date de lancement 12 novembre 1981 Site de lancemen …   Wikipédia en Français

  • STS-26 — Données de la mission Vaisseau Navette spatiale Discovery Équipage 5 hommes Date de lancement 29 septembre 1988 à 15:37:00 UTC Site …   Wikipédia en Français

  • STS-27 — Données de la mission Vaisseau Navette spatiale Atlantis Équipage 5 hommes Date de lancement 2 décembre 1988 à 14:30:34 TUC …   Wikipédia en Français

  • STS-28 — Données de la mission Vaisseau Navette spatiale Columbia Équipage 5 hommes Date de lancement 8 août 1989 à 12:37:00 UTC Site de …   Wikipédia en Français

  • STS-29 — Données de la mission Vaisseau Navette spatiale Discovery Équipage 5 hommes Date de lancement 13 mars 1989 à 14:57:00 UTC Site de&# …   Wikipédia en Français

  • STS-3 — Données de la mission Vaisseau Navette spatiale Columbia Équipage 2 hommes Date de lancement 22 mars 1982 Site de lancement …   Wikipédia en Français

  • STS-30 — Données de la mission Vaisseau Navette spatiale Atlantis Équipage 4 hommes 1 femme Date de lancement 4 mai 1989 à 18:46:59 UTC Site&# …   Wikipédia en Français

  • STS-31 — Données de la mission Vaisseau Navette spatiale Discovery Équipage 4 hommes et 1 femme Date de lancement 24 avril 1990 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • STS-32 — Données de la mission Vaisseau Navette spatiale Columbia Équipage 5 hommes Date de lancement 9 janvier 1990 à 12:35:00 UTC Site de …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”