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.
|
Date |
Time (UTC) |
Spaceship's revo- lution number |
Station's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
Jul 23, 1999
|
04:31:00
|
1
|
|
Lift-off Shuttle, mission
"STS-93"
(crew:
Collins,
Ashby,
Hawley,
Coleman,
Tognini
).
|
Jul 23, 1999
|
11:06
|
|
Mir:76712
|
Beginning of the 2nd [of 3] PE-27 EVA (
Afanasyev,
Avdeyev
); station
"Mir"
.
|
Jul 23, 1999
|
17:13
|
|
Mir:76716
|
Ending of EVA (
Afanasyev,
Avdeyev
), duration 6:07; station
"Mir"
.
|
Jul 28, 1999
|
02:19
|
79
|
|
Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission
"STS-93"
(crew:
Collins,
Ashby,
Hawley,
Coleman,
Tognini
).
|
Jul 28, 1999
|
03:21:18
|
80
|
|
Landing of Shuttle, mission
"STS-93"
(crew:
Collins,
Ashby,
Hawley,
Coleman,
Tognini
).
|