STS-93
Sign in to saveSTS-93 in 1999 marked the 95th launch of the Space Shuttle, the 26th launch of Columbia, and the 21st night launch of a Space Shuttle. Eileen Collins became the first female shuttle Commander on this flight. Its primary mission was to launch the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the heaviest payload ever carried by the Space Shuttle system, at .
Key facts
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- STS-93
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- Space Transportation System-93
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- STS-93 Deployment of Chandra (deploy1).jpg
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- Chandra and its Inertial Upper Stage, prior to deployment from Columbias payload bay
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- STS-93 patch.svg
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- Chandra X-ray Observatory deployment
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- NASA
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- 80
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- Kennedy, LC-39B
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- Kennedy, SLF Runway 33
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- 5
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- STS-93_crew.jpg
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- Left to right: Collins, Hawley, Ashby, Tognini, Coleman
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- gee
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- Geocentric
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- Low Earth
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Problems during ascent
- Mission objectives
- Launch attempts
- Special cargo
- Wake-up calls
- References
- External links
STS-93 in 1999 marked the 95th launch of the Space Shuttle, the 26th launch of Columbia, and the 21st night launch of a Space Shuttle. Eileen Collins became the first female shuttle Commander on this flight. Its primary mission was to launch the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the heaviest payload ever carried by the Space Shuttle system, at .
STS-93 would be Columbia's last mission until March 2002. During the interim, Columbia would be out of service for upgrading and would only fly again on STS-109. The launch was originally scheduled for 20 July, but it was aborted at T−7 seconds. The successful launch of the flight occurred three days later.