STS-78
Sign in to saveSTS-78 was the fifth dedicated Life and Microgravity Spacelab mission for the Space Shuttle program, flown partly in preparation for the International Space Station project. The mission used the Space Shuttle Columbia, which lifted off successfully from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B on June 20, 1996. This marked the 78th flight of the Space Shuttle and 20th mission for Columbia.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-78
- Spaceflight.image
- STS078-733-004 Columbia and Spacelab Module LM2.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Spacelab Module LM2 in Columbia payload bay, serving as the Life and Microgravity Spacelab
- Spaceflight.insignia
- STS-78 patch.svg
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Bioscience researchMicrogravity research
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 271
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 16days, 21hours, 48minutes, 30seconds
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39B
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Kennedy, SLF Runway 33
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 7
- Spaceflight.crew_photo
- STS-78_crew.jpg
- Spaceflight.crew_photo_caption
- Left to right – Seated: Henricks, Kregel; Standing: Favier, Linnehan, Helms, Brady, Thirsk
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Space Shuttle program
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- STS-79
- Follows
- STS-77
- Duration
- 1460865
- Mass
- 9649
- Orbital period
- 89.6
- Image
- STS-78 Launch.jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- Commons category
- STS-78
- backup or reserve team or crew
- Luca Urbani
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1996-06-20
- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- crew members
- Robert Thirsk
- vessel
- Columbia
- location of landing
- Launch and Landing Facility
- orbits completed
- 272
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1996-07-07
- Commons gallery
- STS-78
- orbital inclination
- 39.0
- periapsis
- 246
- apoapsis
- 261
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
- archives at
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Backup crew
- Mission objectives
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- Mission anomaly
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-78 was the fifth dedicated Life and Microgravity Spacelab mission for the Space Shuttle program, flown partly in preparation for the International Space Station project. The mission used the Space Shuttle Columbia, which lifted off successfully from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B on June 20, 1996. This marked the 78th flight of the Space Shuttle and 20th mission for Columbia.
==Crew==
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