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Mission "STS-93"
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Mission "STS-93"
| BRIEFLY ABOUT MISSION |
| Registration number | 1999-040A / 25866 |
| Time and date of launch (UTC) | 04h.31m.00s. July 23, 1999 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral, LC 39-B |
| Launch vehicle | Shuttle |
| Payload mass (kg) | |
| Orbital parameters: | |
| - inclination (degrees) | 28.4 |
| - period (minutes) | 89.2 |
| - perigee (km) | 238 |
| - apogee (km) | 246 |
| Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UTC) | 03h.21m.18s. July 28, 1999 |
| - rollout time (sec.) | 41 |
| Place of landing | Runway 33, Kennedy Space Center, FL |
| Duration | 4d.22h.50m.18s. |
| Distance (km) | 3.3 million |
| Number of revolutions around Earth | 79 |
| Summary | 26th fly of space shuttle "Columbia". First female Shuttle commander. Chandra X-Ray Observatory deployed to orbit. |
| CREW |
| Ord. num. |
Status | Main | Backup | Reserved |
| 1 | Cdr | (w) Collins, Eileen Marie | ||
| 2 | Plt | Ashby, Jeffrey Shears | ||
| 3 | MS | Hawley, Steven Alan | ||
| 4 | MS | (w) Coleman, Catherine Grace | ||
| 5 | MS | Tognini, Michel Ange Charles | ||
| Call sign | Columbia | |||
| TIMELINE |
| Date | Time (UTC) | Spaceship's revo- lution number |
Station's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
| Jul 23, 1999 | 04:31:00 | 1 |
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Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-93" (crew: Collins, Ashby, Hawley, Coleman, Tognini ). |
| Jul 23, 1999 | 11:06 |
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Mir:76712 | Beginning of the 2nd [of 3] PE-27 EVA ( Afanasyev, Avdeyev ); station "Mir" . |
| Jul 23, 1999 | 17:13 |
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Mir:76716 | Ending of EVA ( Afanasyev, Avdeyev ), duration 6:07; station "Mir" . |
| Jul 28, 1999 | 02:19 | 79 |
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Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-93" (crew: Collins, Ashby, Hawley, Coleman, Tognini ). |
| Jul 28, 1999 | 03:21:18 | 80 |
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Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-93" (crew: Collins, Ashby, Hawley, Coleman, Tognini ). |
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