Status
Success
Rocket
Vehicles
Mission Details
STS-66
The Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Sciences – 3 (ATLAS-03) was the primary payload aboard STS-66. It continued the series of Spacelab flights to study the energy of the sun and how it affects the Earth's climate and environment. The ATLAS-03 mission made the first detailed measurements from the Shuttle of the Northern Hemisphere's middle atmosphere in late fall. The timing of the flight, when the Antarctic ozone hole is diminishing, allowed scientists to study possible effects of the ozone hole on mid-latitudes, the way Antarctic air recovers, and how the northern atmosphere changes as the winter season approaches.
Total Mass: 10,544.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Stats
1994
76th orbital launch attempt
Space Shuttle
66th mission
7th mission of 1994
65th successful mission
41st consecutive successful mission