Status
Success
Rocket
Vehicles
Mission Details
STS-63
STS-63's primary objective was to perform a rendezvous and fly around the Russian space station Mir. The objectives of the Mir Rendezvous/Flyby were to verify flight techniques, communications and navigation aid sensor interfaces, and engineering analyses associated with Shuttle/Mir proximity operations in preparation for the STS-71 docking mission.
Total Mass: 8,641.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Stats
1995
6th orbital launch attempt
Space Shuttle
67th mission
1st mission of 1995
66th successful mission
42nd consecutive successful mission