STS-65

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STS-65 was a 1994 Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on microgravity research, highlighted by the International Microgravity Laboratory-2 (IML-2) science payload.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
acronymOfPrimaryPayload IML-2
category Space Shuttle Columbia missions
Spaceflights launched in 1994
commander Robert D. Cabana
countryOfOperator United States
crewSize 7
focus biotechnology experiments
fluid physics experiments
life sciences experiments
materials science experiments
microgravity research
followedBy STS-64
landingDate 1994-07-23
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
launchDate 1994-07-08
launchLocation Kennedy Space Center
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Columbia
launchYear 1994
missionDuration 14 days 17 hours 55 minutes
missionDurationDays 14.75
missionNumber STS-65
missionPatchShape circular
missionSpecialist Carl E. Walz
Leroy Chiao
Richard J. Hieb
missionType microgravity research
notableAspect first spaceflight of Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai
second International Microgravity Laboratory mission
set then-record for longest Space Shuttle mission duration
operator NASA
orbitApogee 307 km
orbiter Columbia
orbitInclination 28.45 degrees
orbitPerigee 296 km
orbitPeriod 90.5 minutes
orbitsCompleted 236
payloadSpecialist Chiaki Mukai
Donald A. Thomas
pilot James D. Halsell
precededBy STS-59
primaryPayload International Microgravity Laboratory-2
program Space Shuttle program
researchFacility Spacelab module
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraft Space Shuttle Columbia
usedModule Spacelab pressurized module

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