STS-64

STS-64
Lee and Meade perform an untethered EVA with SAFER backpacks above Discovery's payload bay
NamesSpace Transportation System-64
Mission typeResearch
Technology
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID1994-059A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.23251
Mission duration10 days, 22 hours, 49 minutes, 57 seconds
Distance travelled7,242,048 kilometers (4,500,000 mi)
Orbits completed176
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Discovery
Payload mass9,260 kilograms (20,410 lb)
Crew
Crew size6
Members
Start of mission
Launch date9 September 1994, 22:22:35 (1994-09-09UTC22:22:35Z) UTC
Launch siteKennedy, LC-39B
End of mission
Landing date20 September 1994, 21:12:52 (1994-09-20UTC21:12:53Z) UTC
Landing siteEdwards, Runway 4
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude259 kilometres (161 mi)
Apogee altitude269 kilometres (167 mi)
Inclination56.9 degrees
Period89.5 min

Left to right – Front: Hammond, Richards, Helms; Back: Lee, Linenger, Meade
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STS-64 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission that was set to perform multiple experiment packages. It was Discovery's 19th flight. STS-64 was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 9 September 1994, and landed back on 20 September 1994 at Edwards Air Force Base.