Space Shuttle mission STS-67

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Space Shuttle mission STS-67 was a 1995 NASA flight of orbiter Endeavour focused on ultraviolet astronomy research using the ASTRO-2 observatory.

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instanceOf NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
abbreviation STS-67
apoapsis approximately 468 km
astronomyPlatform ASTRO-2
linked to: Astro-2
astronomyPlatformPredecessor ASTRO-1
callsign Endeavour
commander Stephen S. Oswald
country United States
crewSize 7
followedBy STS-71
inclination 28.45 degrees
landingDate 1995-03-18
landingSite Edwards Air Force Base
Runway 22, Edwards AFB
launchDate 1995-03-02
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
LC-39A
missionDuration 15 days 17 hours 41 minutes
missionDurationDays 15.74
missionNumber STS-67
missionPatch STS-67 mission patch
missionSpecialist John M. Grunsfeld
Tamara E. Jernigan
Wendy B. Lawrence
missionType astronomy
microgravity research
notableFeature one of the longest Space Shuttle missions at the time
operator NASA
orbiter Endeavour
orbitRegime Low Earth orbit
linked to: low Earth orbit
orbitsCompleted 262
payload ASTRO-2
linked to: Astro-2
payloadSpecialist Ronald A. Parise
Samuel T. Durrance NERFINISHED
periapsis approximately 459 km
pilot William G. Gregory NERFINISHED
precededBy STS-63
primaryObjective ultraviolet astronomy research
primaryPayload ASTRO-2 observatory
linked to: Astro-2
programPhase post-Challenger Space Shuttle flights
researchField astrophysics
ultraviolet astronomy
spacecraft Space Shuttle Endeavour
spacecraftSerial OV-105
spaceShuttleProgram Space Shuttle program
usedInstrument Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope
Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment
year 1995

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John M. Grunsfeld participatedIn Space Shuttle mission STS-67
STS-49 category Space Shuttle Endeavour missions
linked to: Space Shuttle mission STS-67