NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

STS-73

Launch Time
Fri Oct 20, 1995 13:53 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 #18
469 day turnaround

Mission Details

STS-73

The second United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) Spacelab mission was the prime payload on STS-73. The 16-day flight continued a cooperative effort of the U.S. government, universities and industry to push back the frontiers of science and technology in "microgravity", the near-weightless environment of space.

Total Mass: 15,250.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

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

Stats

1995

61st orbital launch attempt

Space Shuttle

72nd mission
6th mission of 1995
71st successful mission
47th consecutive successful mission