Status
Success
Rocket
Vehicles
Mission Details
STS-85
The prime payload for the flight, the Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere-Shuttle Pallet Satellite-2 (CRISTA-SPAS-2) made its second flight on the Space Shuttle (previous flight STS-66 in 1994) and was the fourth mission in a cooperative venture between the German Space Agency (DARA) and NASA.
Total Mass: 9,191.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
Stats
1997
41st orbital launch attempt
Space Shuttle
86th mission
6th mission of 1997
85th successful mission
61st consecutive successful mission