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CREW:
Posing on the platform next to the SPACEHAB Logistics
Double Module in the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility
(SPPF) are the STS-96 Crew: Mission Specialists Dan
Barry, Tamara Jernigan, Valery Tokarev of Russia, Julie
Payette; Pilot Rick Husband; Mission Specialist Ellen
Ochoa; and Commander Kent Rominger
LAUNCH
INFO:
Date: May
27, 1999
Time: 6:50 a.m. EDT
Site: Kennedy Space Center, FL
SHUTTLE
FLIGHT:
Orbiter: Discovery
(OV-103)
Orbit Altitude: 173 nautical
miles
Orbit Inclination: 51.6°
Mission Duration: 9 Days, 19 hours,
13 mins
ISS
DOCKING:
Dock Date: May
29, 1999
Dock Time: 12:24 a.m. EDT
UnDock Date: June 3, 1999
UnDock Time: 6:39 p.m. EDT
LANDING
INFO:
Date: June 6, 1999
Time: 2:04 a.m. EDT
Site: Kennedy Space Center, FL
PAYLOAD(S):
SPACEHAB-LDM Logistics
Double
Module (FU2/FU3)
SPACEHAB-ICC Integrated
Cargo Carrier
STARSHINE Student
Tracked Atmospheric Research Satellite for Heuristic
International Networking Equipment
SVF Shuttle
Vibration Forces Experiment
IVHM HTD Integrated
Vehicle Health Monitoring - HEDS Technology Demonstration
MISSION
PATCH:
Elements of the STS-96 mission patch reflect aspects
of ISS: Earth-directed research, the advancement of
human space exploration and international cooperation.
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Mission Patch]
The
seven-person crew of STS-96, an International
Space Station (ISS) logistics and resupply mission,
is the first crew to visit the ISS since its launch
and beginning stages of orbital assembly in December
1998.
Carrying
internal and resupply cargo for Station outfitting,
the SPACEHAB Logistics Double Module's (LDM) standard
experiment accommodations include up to 61 bulkhead-mounted
middeck locker locations as well as floor storage
for large unique items and soft stowage. The LDM
has a capacity of up to 10,000 lb with the ability
to accommodate powered payloads. It also has four
external rooftop stowage locations and four double-rack
locatons (two powered). During the mission, the
flight crew performs various tasks in the LDM such
as activation/deactivation, monitoring, and in-flight
maintenance of SPACEHAB subsystems.
SPACEHAB's
Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC) carries the Russian
cargo crane, STRELA, to be mounted to the exterior
of the Russian station segment; the SPACEHAB Oceaneering
Space System Box (SHOSS) and a U.S.-built crane
(ORU Transfer Device, or OTD).
The
ICC can carry up to 6,000 lb of unpressurized payload.
It was built for SPACEHAB by DaimlerChrysler Aerospace
of Bremen, Germany and RSC Energia of Korolev,
Russia.
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