STS-66
ATLAS-3 in Atlantis' payload bay, while the RMS grapples CRISTA-SPAS
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| Mission type | Research | ||||
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| Operator | NASA | ||||
| COSPAR ID | 1994-073A | ||||
| SATCAT № | 23340 | ||||
| Mission duration | 10 days, 22 hours, 34 minutes, 2 seconds | ||||
| Distance travelled | 7,330,226 kilometers (4,554,791 mi) | ||||
| Orbits completed | 174 | ||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Atlantis | ||||
| Payload mass | 10,544 kilograms (23,246 lb) | ||||
| Crew | |||||
| Crew size | 6 | ||||
| Members |
Donald R. McMonagle Curtis L. Brown, Jr. Ellen Ochoa Joseph R. Tanner Jean-François Clervoy Scott E. Parazynski |
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| Start of mission | |||||
| Launch date | 3 November 1994, 16:59:43.060 UTC | ||||
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39B | ||||
| End of mission | |||||
| Landing date | 14 November 1994, 15:33:45 UTC | ||||
| Landing site | Edwards Runway 22 | ||||
| Orbital parameters | |||||
| Reference system | Geocentric | ||||
| Regime | Low Earth | ||||
| Perigee | 296 kilometres (184 mi) | ||||
| Apogee | 310 kilometres (190 mi) | ||||
| Inclination | 57.0 degrees | ||||
| Period | 90.6 minutes | ||||
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Left to right: Clervoy, Parazynski, Brown, Tanner, McMonagle, Ochoa
STS-66 was a Space Shuttle program mission that was flown by the Space Shuttle Atlantis. STS-66 launched on 3 November 1994 at 11:59:43.060 am EDT from Launch Pad 39-B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base on 14 November 1994 at 10:33:45 am EST.
The Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Sciences – 3 (ATLAS-03) was the primary payload aboard STS-66. It continued the series of Spacelab flights to study the energy of the sun and how it affects the Earth's climate and environment. The ATLAS-03 mission made the first detailed measurements from the Shuttle of the Northern Hemisphere's middle atmosphere in late fall. The timing of the flight, when the Antarctic ozone hole is diminishing, allowed scientists to study possible effects of the ozone hole on mid-latitudes, the way Antarctic air recovers, and how the northern atmosphere changes as the winter season approaches.
In addition to the ATLAS-03 investigations, the mission included deployment and retrieval of the Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometer Telescope for Atmosphere, or CRISTA. Mounted on the Shuttle Pallet Satellite, the payload is designed to explore the variability of the atmosphere and provide measurements that will complement those obtained by the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite launched aboard Discovery in 1991. CRISTA-SPAS is a joint U.S./German experiment.
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