 The Hubble Space Telescope in Space Shuttle Discovery's Payload bay | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-82 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Hubble servicing |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 1997-004A |
| SATCAT no. | 24719 |
| Mission duration | 9 days, 23 hours, 38 minutes, 9 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 6,100,000 kilometres (3,800,000 mi) |
| Orbits completed | 149 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery |
| Launch mass | 116,884 kilograms (257,685 lb) |
| Payload mass | 83,122 kilograms (183,253 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 7 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | February 11, 1997, 08:55:17 UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | February 21, 1997, 08:32 UTC |
| Landing site | Kennedy, SLF Runway 15 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 475 kilometres (295 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 574 kilometres (357 mi) |
| Inclination | 28.4698 degrees |
| Period | 95.2 min |
| Capture of Hubble | |
| RMS capture | 13 February 1997, 08:34 UTC |
| RMS release | 19 February 1997, 06:41 UTC |
 Left to right - Front: Bowersox, Hawley, Horowitz; Back: Tanner, Harbaugh, Lee, Smith | |
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]
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