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, one of the USMP-4 payloads, in flight above Columbia payload bay
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- Microgravity researchTechnology development
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- NASA
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- 15 days, 16 hours, 35 minutes, 01 seconds
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- Kennedy, LC-39B
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- Kennedy, SLF Runway 33
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- 6
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- Left to right - in orange: Chawla, Lindsey, Kregel, Kadenyuk; in white: Scott, Doi
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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==