STS-82

STS-82
The Hubble Space Telescope in Space Shuttle Discovery's Payload bay
NamesSpace Transportation System-82
Mission typeHubble servicing
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID1997-004A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.24719
Mission duration9 days, 23 hours, 38 minutes, 9 seconds
Distance travelled6,100,000 kilometres (3,800,000 mi)
Orbits completed149
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Discovery
Launch mass116,884 kilograms (257,685 lb)
Payload mass83,122 kilograms (183,253 lb)
Crew
Crew size7
Members
Start of mission
Launch dateFebruary 11, 1997, 08:55:17 (1997-02-11UTC08:55:17Z) UTC
Launch siteKennedy, LC-39A
End of mission
Landing dateFebruary 21, 1997, 08:32 (1997-02-21UTC08:33Z) UTC
Landing siteKennedy, SLF Runway 15
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude475 kilometres (295 mi)
Apogee altitude574 kilometres (357 mi)
Inclination28.4698 degrees
Period95.2 min
Capture of Hubble
RMS capture13 February 1997, 08:34 UTC
RMS release19 February 1997, 06:41 UTC

Left to right - Front: Bowersox, Hawley, Horowitz; Back: Tanner, Harbaugh, Lee, Smith
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STS-82 was the 22nd flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the 82nd mission of the Space Shuttle program. It was NASA's second mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, during which Discovery's crew repaired and upgraded the telescope's scientific instruments, increasing its research capabilities. Discovery launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on February 11, 1997, returning to Earth on February 21, 1997, at Kennedy Space Center.[1]

  1. ^ "STS-82 (82)". NASA. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved December 25, 2011.