Space Shuttle mission STS-64

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Space Shuttle mission STS-64 was a 1994 Discovery flight notable for conducting the first untethered U.S. spacewalk in over a decade and testing new EVA and lidar technologies.

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instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
commander Richard N. Richards
country United States
crewMember Carl J. Meade
Jerry M. Linenger
linked to: Jerry Linenger

L. Blaine Hammond Jr.
Mark C. Lee
Richard N. Richards
Susan J. Helms
linked to: Susan Helms
crewSize 6
EVA untethered EVA using SAFER backpack
EVAPerformedBy Carl J. Meade
Mark C. Lee
experiment LITE (Lidar In-space Technology Experiment)
Robot Operated Materials Processing System (ROMPS)
SPARTAN-201 free-flyer deployment
Shuttle Plume Impingement Flight Experiment (SPIFEX)
followedBy STS-66
landingDate 1994-09-20
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
launchDate 1994-09-09
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Discovery
missionDuration 10 days
10 days 22 hours 50 minutes
missionObjective conduct microgravity and technology experiments
demonstrate and validate EVA and lidar technologies
deploy and retrieve SPARTAN-201 free-flyer
missionSpecialist Carl J. Meade
Jerry M. Linenger
linked to: Jerry Linenger

Mark C. Lee
Susan J. Helms
linked to: Susan Helms
missionYear 1994
NASADesignation STS-64
notableFor first untethered U.S. spacewalk since 1984
lidar technology demonstrations
testing new EVA techniques
operator NASA
orbiter Discovery
orbitInclination 57 degrees
orbitRegime Low Earth orbit
linked to: low Earth orbit
payload LITE payload in the payload bay
SPARTAN-201 satellite
pilot L. Blaine Hammond Jr.
precededBy STS-65
programPhase operational phase of Space Shuttle program
spacecraft Space Shuttle Discovery
spaceShuttleProgram Space Shuttle program
technologyTested SAFER (Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue)
lidar atmospheric sensing from orbit

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Mark C. Lee participantIn Space Shuttle mission STS-64