STS-85

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STS-85 was a 1997 Space Shuttle Discovery mission focused on scientific research and technology demonstrations in low Earth orbit.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
apogee ~296 km
callsign Discovery
commander Curtis L. Brown Jr.
country United States
crewMember Bjarni V. Tryggvason
linked to: Bjarni Tryggvason

Curtis L. Brown Jr.
Kent V. Rominger
N. Jan Davis
Robert L. Curbeam Jr.
linked to: Robert L. Curbeam

Stephen K. Robinson
crewSize 6
followedByMission STS-86
inclination 28.45 degrees
landingDate 1997-08-19
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
launchDate 1997-08-07
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
missionDuration 11 days 20 hours 27 minutes
missionNumber 85
missionSpecialist N. Jan Davis
Robert L. Curbeam Jr.
linked to: Robert L. Curbeam

Stephen K. Robinson
notableFeature included Canadian Space Agency payload specialist Bjarni Tryggvason
second flight of CRISTA-SPAS atmospheric research platform
operator NASA
orbiter Discovery
orbitsCompleted 185
orbitType low Earth orbit
payload CRISTA-SPAS-2
HST orbital systems test hardware
MFD (Manipulation Flight Demonstration)
TEAMS (Technology Experiments for Advanced Missions in Space)
payloadSpecialist Bjarni V. Tryggvason
linked to: Bjarni Tryggvason
perigee ~285 km
pilot Kent V. Rominger
precededByMission STS-94
primaryObjective atmospheric research
technology demonstrations in low Earth orbit
retrievedPayloadInOrbit CRISTA-SPAS-2
scientificFocus middle and upper atmosphere studies
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraft Space Shuttle Discovery
spaceShuttleProgram Space Shuttle program
spaceShuttleProgramMissionNumber Discovery flight 24
usedFreeFlyingPlatform CRISTA-SPAS-2 free flyer
yearOfMission 1997

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