NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

STS-65

Launch Time
Fri Jul 08, 1994 16:43 UTC

Rocket

Space Shuttle Columbia
NASA
Status: Retired
Price: $450.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 30,250 kN
Payload to LEO: 27,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,810 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 56.1 m

Vehicles

Kennedy SLF Runway 33

OV-102

Flight #17
126 day turnaround

Mission Details

STS-65

The International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2) was the second in a series of Spacelab (SL) flights designed to conduct research in a microgravity environment. The IML concept enabled a scientist to apply results from one mission to the next and to broaden the scope and variety of investigations between missions. Data from the IML missions contributed to the research base for the space station.

Total Mass: 10,811.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Stats

1994

42nd orbital launch attempt

Space Shuttle

63rd mission
4th mission of 1994
62nd successful mission
38th consecutive successful mission