STS-47

STS-47
Spacelab Module LM2 in Endeavour's payload bay, serving as the Spacelab-J laboratory.
NamesSpace Transportation System-47
Spacelab-J
Mission typeMicrogravity research
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID1992-061A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.22120Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration7 days, 22 hours, 30 minutes, 24 seconds
Distance travelled5,265,523 km (3,271,844 mi)
Orbits completed126
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Endeavour
Launch mass117,335 kg (258,679 lb)
Landing mass99,450 kg (219,250 lb)
Payload mass12,485 kg (27,525 lb)
Crew
Crew size7
Members
Start of mission
Launch dateSeptember 12, 1992, 14:23:00 (September 12, 1992, 14:23:00) UTC (10:23 am EDT)
Launch siteKennedy, LC-39B
ContractorRockwell International
End of mission
Landing dateSeptember 20, 1992, 12:53:24 (September 20, 1992, 12:53:24) UTC (8:53:24 am EDT)
Landing siteKennedy, SLF Runway 33
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Perigee altitude297 km (185 mi)
Apogee altitude310 km (190 mi)
Inclination57.02°
Period90.00 minutes
Instruments
  • Air Force Maui Optical Station (AMOS)
  • Israel Space Agency Investigation About Hornets (ISAIAH)
  • Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX-II)
  • Solid Surface Combustion Experiment (SSCE)
  • Ultraviolet Plume Imager (UVPI)

STS-47 mission patch

Back row: Davis, Lee, Gibson, Jemison, Mohri
Front row: Apt, Brown
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STS-47 was NASA's 50th Space Shuttle mission of the program, as well as the second mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The mission mainly involved conducting experiments in life and material sciences inside Spacelab-J, a collaborative laboratory inside the shuttle's payload bay sponsored by NASA and the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA). This mission carried Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese astronaut aboard the shuttle, Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman to go to space, and the only married couple to fly together on the shuttle, Mark C. Lee and Jan Davis, which had been against NASA policy prior to this mission.