STS-65

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STS-65 was a 1994 Space Shuttle Columbia mission focused on microgravity research, highlighted by the International Microgravity Laboratory-2 (IML-2) science payload.

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instanceOf NASA spaceflight ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
acronymOfPrimaryPayload IML-2 ⓘ
category Space Shuttle Columbia missions ⓘ
Spaceflights launched in 1994 ⓘ
commander Robert D. Cabana ⓘ
countryOfOperator United States ⓘ
crewSize 7 ⓘ
focus biotechnology experiments ⓘ
fluid physics experiments ⓘ
life sciences experiments ⓘ
materials science experiments ⓘ
microgravity research ⓘ
followedBy STS-64 ⓘ
landingDate 1994-07-23 ⓘ
landingSite Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
launchDate 1994-07-08 ⓘ
launchLocation Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
launchVehicle Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
launchYear 1994 ⓘ
missionDuration 14 days 17 hours 55 minutes ⓘ
missionDurationDays 14.75 ⓘ
missionNumber STS-65 ⓘ
missionPatchShape circular ⓘ
missionSpecialist Carl E. Walz ⓘ
Leroy Chiao ⓘ
Richard J. Hieb ⓘ
missionType microgravity research ⓘ
notableAspect first spaceflight of Japanese astronaut Chiaki Mukai ⓘ
second International Microgravity Laboratory mission ⓘ
set then-record for longest Space Shuttle mission duration ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitApogee 307 km ⓘ
orbiter Columbia ⓘ
orbitInclination 28.45 degrees ⓘ
orbitPerigee 296 km ⓘ
orbitPeriod 90.5 minutes ⓘ
orbitsCompleted 236 ⓘ
payloadSpecialist Chiaki Mukai ⓘ
Donald A. Thomas ⓘ
pilot James D. Halsell ⓘ
precededBy STS-59 ⓘ
primaryPayload International Microgravity Laboratory-2 ⓘ
program Space Shuttle program ⓘ
researchFacility Spacelab module ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
spacecraft Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
usedModule Spacelab pressurized module ⓘ

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