Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-82
Lockheed Space Operations Company · Space Shuttle · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Lockheed Space Operations Company's 61st launch · 1st this year · humanity's 4,123rd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Feb 11, 08:55 – Feb 11, 08:55 UTC
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STS-82
STS-82 was the 22nd flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the 82nd mission of the Space Shuttle program. It was NASA's second mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, during which Discovery's crew repaired and upgraded the telescope's scientific instruments, increasing its research capabilities and achieved the highest altitude ever attained by a STS Orbiter (335-nautical-mile (620 km)).
Astrophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Crew
Gregory HarbaughMission Specialist · NASA
Steven HawleyMission Specialist · NASA
Scott HorowitzPilot · NASA
Mark C. LeeMission Specialist · NASA
Ken BowersoxCommander · NASA
Steven SmithMission Specialist · NASA
Joseph R. TannerMission Specialist · NASA
Booster
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- STS-82 launch (2-11-97) — 3210andLiftoff
