STS-60

E197360

STS-60 was a 1994 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission notable as the first joint U.S.–Russian crewed spaceflight, carrying Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev.

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STS-60 canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Discovery mission
NASA spaceflight
Space Shuttle mission
carriedPayload Spacehab-2 module
Wake Shield Facility-1
commander Charles F. Bolden Jr.
cosmonautOnboard Sergei Krikalev
linked to: Sergei K. Krikalev
countryOfOrigin United States
crewMember Charles F. Bolden Jr.
Franklin R. Chang-Díaz
Kenneth S. Reightler Jr.
N. Jan Davis
Ronald M. Sega
Sergei Krikalev
linked to: Sergei K. Krikalev
crewSize 6
followedBy STS-62
inclination 57.0 degrees
internationalPartner Russia
landingDate 1994-02-11
landingSite KSC Shuttle Landing Facility Runway 15
Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility
launchDate 1994-02-03
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
LC-39A
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Discovery
missionDuration 8 days 7 hours 9 minutes
missionNumber 18
missionPatch STS-60 mission insignia
missionSpecialist Franklin R. Chang-Díaz
N. Jan Davis
Ronald M. Sega
Sergei Krikalev
linked to: Sergei K. Krikalev
notableFor first Russian cosmonaut to fly on the U.S. Space Shuttle program
first joint U.S.–Russian crewed Space Shuttle mission
operator NASA
orbitApogee 306 km
orbiter Space Shuttle Discovery
orbitPerigee 296 km
orbitPeriod 90.4 minutes
orbitsCompleted 130
payload Spacehab-2
Wake Shield Facility-1
pilot Kenneth S. Reightler Jr.
precededBy STS-61
primaryObjective conduct microgravity research in Spacehab-2
deploy and operate Wake Shield Facility-1 in low Earth orbit
program Space Shuttle program
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraft Discovery
yearOfMission 1994

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