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STS-86 KSC Electronic Photo File
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- STS-86 Atlantis rolls over to the VAB
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- STS-86 Atlantis rolls over to the VAB
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- STS-86 Atlantis rolls over to the VAB (leaving OPF)
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- STS-86 Atlantis rolls over to the VAB (in VAB)
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- STS-86 Atlantis rolls out to Pad 39A (at pad)
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- STS-86 Atlantis rolls out to Pad 39A (sunrise in
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- STS-86 Atlantis rolls out to Pad 39A (side view)
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- STS-86 Atlantis rolls out to Pad 39A (at pad)
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- STS-86 Atlantis rolls out to Pad 39A (before RSS
rotation)
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- STS-86 Atlantis rolls out to Pad 39A (full moon on
horizon)
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- SPACEHAB DM arrives at the SSPF for its move to Pad
39A
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- STS-86 Atlantis awaits installation of SPACEHAB DM at
Pad 39A
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- STS-86 Atlantis awaits installation of SPACEHAB DM at
Pad 39A
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- The canister containing SPACEHAB DM in module at Pad
39A
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- STS-86 Atlantis awaits installation of SPACEHAB DM at
Pad 39A
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- STS-86 Mission Specialist Titov at SLF for TCDT
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- STS-86 crew members arrive at the SLF for TCDT
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- STS-86 crew members Wolf and Lawrence at SLF for TCDT
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- STS-86 Commander Wetherbee at KSC's SLF for TCDT
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- STS-86 Mission Specialist Wolf at SLF for TCDT
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- STS-86 crew member Wolf dons a gas mask during TCDT
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- STS-86 crew members Wolf, Chretien and Titov in M-113
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- STS-86 crew members Lawrence, Titov and Parazynski in
M-113
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- STS-86 crew addresses the press during TCDT activities
at LC 39A
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- STS-86 Commander James Wetherbee speaks at TCDT
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- STS-86 Pilot Mike Bloomfield speaks at TCDT
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- STS-86 Mission Specialist Jean-Loup Chretien at TCDT
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- STS-86 crew members (Parazynski, Wolf, Lawrence) in
slidewire basket
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- STS-86 Crew Photo outside hatch in LC-39A White Room
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- STS-86 Crew Photo at Launch Pad 39A
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- STS-86 Crew walkout for TCDT
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- STS-86 crew members pose in their space suits during
TCDT
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- STS-86 crew undergoes emergency egress training during
TCDT
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- STS-86 crew undergoes emergency egress training during
TCDT
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- STS-86 crew undergoes emergency egress training during
TCDT
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- STS-86 crew undergoes emergency egress training during
TCDT
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- STS-86 crew practice countdown procedures in Atlantis
during TCDT
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- STS-86 crew departs KSC following TCDT activities
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- STS-86 crew departs KSC following TCDT activities
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- STS-86 crew departs KSC following TCDT activities
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- T-38 jets depart after TCDT
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- Atlantis' payload bay doors are closed for launch
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- Atlantis' payload bay doors are closed for launch
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- Atlantis' payload bay doors are closed for launch
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- Atlantis' payload bay doors are closed for launch
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- Russian replacement computer before stowage into
SPACEHAB
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- STS-86 Mission Specialist Chretien arrives at SLF
before launch
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- STS-86 Mission Specialist Wolf arrives at SLF before
launch
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- STS-86 crew arrives at the SLF before launch
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- STS-86 Mission Specialist Chretien visits LC 39A on
L-1
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- STS-86 Commander Wetherbee visits LC 39A on L-1
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- STS-86 Mission Specialist Titov visits LC 39A on L-1
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- STS-86 crew visits LC 39A on L-1
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- STS-86 Mission Specialist Wolf visits LC 39A on L-1
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- STS-86 Mission Specialist Wolf and friend visit LC 39A
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- RSS at LC 39A is rolled back to reveal Atlantis ready
for launch
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- RSS at LC 39A is rolled back to reveal Atlantis ready
for launch
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- RSS at LC 39A is rolled back to reveal Atlantis ready
for launch
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- STS-86 Crew Lunch in O&C; Building
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- STS-86 Mission Specialist Vladimir Titov suits up
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- STS-86 Mission Specialist Chretien suits up
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- STS-86 Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski suits up
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- STS-86 Mission Specialist David Wolf suits up
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- STS-86 Commander Jim Wetherbee suits up
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- STS-86 Mission Specialist Wendy Lawrence suits up
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- STS-86 Pilot Michael Bloomfield suits up
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- STS-86 Crew Walkout
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- STS-86 Crew Walkout
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- STS-86 Atlantis Launch
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- STS-86 Atlantis Launch
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- STS-86 Atlantis Launch
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- STS-86 Atlantis Launch
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- STS-86 Atlantis Launch
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- STS-86 Atlantis Launch
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- STS-86 Mission Specialist Scott Parazynski in white
room
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- STS-86 Mission Specialist David Wolf in white room
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- STS-86 crew members Bloomfield and Chretien in white
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- STS-86 Mission Specialists Lawrence and Chretien in
white room
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- STS-86 Mission Specialist Jean-Loup J.M. Chretien in
white room
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- STS-86 Commander James Wetherbee in white room
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- STS-86 Atlantis Launch
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- STS-86 Atlantis Launch
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- STS-86 Atlantis Landing
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- STS-86 Atlantis Landing
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- STS-86 Atlantis Landing
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- STS-86 Atlantis Landing
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- STS-86 Atlantis Landing
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- STS-86 Atlantis Landing
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- STS-86 Atlantis Landing
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- STS-86 Atlantis Landing
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- STS-86 M.S. Titov and Chretien walk around Atlantis
after landing
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- STS-86 Pilot Bloomfield feels heat from a tire after
landing
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- STS-86 Commander Wetherbee greeted by KSC Shuttle
officials
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- STS-86 Mission Specialist Chretien feels heat from
Atlantis
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- STS-86 Landing (Main Gear Touchdown (from back)
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- STS-86 Landing (Main Gear Touchdown)
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- Astronaut Foale is reunited with his family
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- Astronaut Foale is reunited with his family
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- STS-86 crew members prepare to return to JSC
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- Astronaut C. Michael Foale prepares to return to JSC
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- Astronaut C. Michael Foale prepares to return to JSC
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STS-86 (87)
- Atlantis (20)
- Pad
39-A (64)
- 87th Shuttle Mission
- 20th Flight OV-104
- Night Launch (19)
- KSC-Landing (40)
- NOTE:
Click Here for Countdown Homepage
- James
D. Wetherbee (4),
Commander
- Michael
J. Bloomfield (1), Pilot
- Vladimar
G. Titov (5), (RSA)
Mission Specialist
- Scott
E. Parazynski (2),
Mission Specialist
- Jean-Loup
J.M. Chretien (3), (CNES)
Mission Specialist
- Wendy
B. Lawrence (2), Mission
Specialist
- David
A. Wolf (2), Mission
Specialist
- Download:
- C.
Michael Foale
- NOTE: Wendy
B. Lawrence was
scheduled to replace C.
Michael Foale onboard
MIR.
- However, due to concerns about the minimum
size restrictions of the
- Russian MIR Orlan
EVA Spacesuit, her backup David
A. Wolf was selected in
- her place. Wolf was originally scheduled to
fly on the STS-89 mission
to
- MIR and
join the Mir 24
crew.
- (Reference
The STS-86 Crew's Personal WWW Page)
Milestones:
- VAB --
04/08/97 Storage (Reference
KSC Shuttle Status 04/08/1997)
- OPF-3 --
05/24/97 (Reference
KSC Shuttle Status 5/24/1997)
- VAB --
08/11/97 (Reference
KSC Shuttle Status 8/11/1997)
- PAD --
08/18/97 (Reference
KSC Shuttle Status 8/18/1997)
- T-43 -- 09/22/97 (Reference
KSC Shuttle Status 9/18/1997)
- (Reference
KSC Shuttle Status Jul 1997)
- (Reference
KSC Shuttle Status Aug 1997)
- (Reference
KSC Shuttle Status Sep 1997)
Payload:
- Mir-Docking/7, SpaceHab-DM, MEEP-R, EDFT-06,
SEEDS-II, GAS(G-036),
- CCM-07, MSX-09, CREAM-09, KIDSAT-03, RME-III-21, SIMPLEX-02
Mission Objectives:
Click
here for Press Kit
Click
here for Additional Info on STS-86- The
7th Mir Docking
mission carries a SPACEHAB double
module for a docking with Mir,
cargo transfer and an astronaut exchange.
The shuttle previously Mir missions
were STS-71, STS-74, STS-76, STS-79,
STS-81 and STS-84.
- Highlights of the 10-day mission include five
days of docked operations between Atlantis and Mir and
the exchange of crew members Foale and Wolf to
continue a permanent American presence of the
Russia complex. A spacewalk is scheduled to
retrieve the four Mir Environmental
Effects Payloads which were attached to the
Mir's docking module by Linda Godwin and Rich
Clifford during STS-76 to
characterize the environment surrounding the Mir space
station. Atlantis will
carry the SPACEHAB double
module to support the transfer of logistics and
supplies for Mirand
the return of experiment hardware and specimens
to Earth.
Launch:
- Launch September 25, 1997 10:34:19 pm EDT.
Launch window was 6-10 minutes. The launch
window actually opened at about 10:29 p.m. and
extended for about 10 minutes. However, instead
of launching at the opening of this period, the mission
management team decided
to target the most optimum launch time of 10:34
p.m. EDT for vehicle performance reasons. Air
Force weather forecasters predicted a 20 percent
probability that weather would prohibit launch. (Reference
KSC Weather History 09/25/1997 2000).
- On Thursday, 9/25/97, the Rotating
Service Structure was
moved to the launch position at about 3:30 a.m.
At 10 a.m. EDT, following a MIR safety review,
NASA Administrator Dan Goldin gave the go ahead
for the STS-86 mission,
as well as David Wolf's stay on MIR. Tanking
operations started at 2:30 p.m. EDT,
approximately 1 hour later than planned due to
software problem in the MPS Firing
Room Console. The crew
met for the traditional breakfast/lunch at 5:40
pm. At 6:41pm EDT the countdown
clock picked up at the T-minus
3 hour mark. The crew departed for the
launch pad at 6:44 p.m. EDT and the flight crew
was all strapped by 8:20pm EDT. Voice
communication checks were completed by 8:26pm
EDT and by 8:31 pm EDT, the hatch closed and
configured for flight. At 9:21 pm EDT, the
countdown entered a planned 10 minute hold at
the T-minus
20 minute mark. The count then counted
down to the T-minus
9 minute mark where it
sat until 10:25pm EDT. At T-minus 7 minute 30
seconds the Orbiter Access
Arm (OAA) was retracted. At T-minus 6 minutes 9
seconds, the APU prestart
sequence was started and APU start
occured at T-minus 5 minutes 30 seconds. Auto
sequence start occured at 22:33pm EDT. Liftoff
occured at 10:34:20pm EDT. SRB separation
at 10:37pm EDT. SSME cutoff
at 10:43pm EDT.
- On Tuesday, 9/23/97, Loading of cryogenic
reactants into the power reactant storage
distribution system was under way and concluded
at about 6 p.m. A replacement
computer for Space
Station Mir was
prepared for stowage at the SPACEHAB Payload
Processing Facility and
will be installed into the SPACEHAB module
9/24/97.(Reference
KSC Shuttle Status 9/24/1997)
- On Monday, 9/22/97, the launch
countdown for mission STS-86 began
at 2 p.m. Following normal aft compartment
close-out activities last week, technicians
reopened the aft to
change out a helium regulator on main engine No.
1 that displayed indications of pressure loss.
The new regulator was retested over the weekend
and the aft compartment
is now closed for flight. Flight crew
equipment stowage was
also completed. A 59-pound replacement computer
for the Mir space
station arrived at KSC early today for
installation into Atlantis on
Wednesday during scheduled late stow activities.
The STS-86 crew
also arrived at KSC. (Reference
KSC Shuttle Status 9/22/1997)
- On Thursday, 9/18/97, ordnance connections and
checks were complete and the space suits to be
used by Parazynski and Titov during
their planned space walk have been installed
into the orbiter's airlock. Aft engine
compartment close-outs continued with aft door
installation at midnight. (Reference
KSC Shuttle Status 9/18/1997)
- On Friday, 8/29/97, Atlantis' main
propulsion system cavity
purge was complete. Installation of the
pyrotechnic canister assemblies at the aft external
tank/orbiter attach points continues. Engineers
gained access to the rudder speed brake sector
seals for visual inspections. The Shuttle's payload
bay doors will be opened
next Friday to support vertical payload
installation on Saturday. The Spacehab payload
will be delivered to Pad 39A on Sept. 4. (Reference
KSC Shuttle Status 8/29/1997)
- On Tuesday, 8/26/97, loading of hypergolic
fuels into Atlantis'
power reactant storage and distribution system
began and will conclude 8/28/97. In the
Shuttle's aftcompartment,
the pyrotechnic canister assemblies will be
installed at the external tank/orbiter attach
points later this week. (Reference
KSC Shuttle Status 8/26/1997)
- On Monday, 8/18/97, the Space Shuttle Atlantis rolled
out to launch pad 39A at about 2 a.m. and was
hard down at 8:30 a.m. The Rotating Service
Structure (RSS) was rolled around Atlantis at
about 11a.m. Main engine flight readiness
testing begins 8/19/97. The Spacehab payload is
slated to join the orbiter at
the pad Aug. 28.(Reference
KSC Shuttle Status 8/18/1997)
- On Wednesday, 6/25/97, servicing of Endeavour's
freon coolant loop No. 2 was underway and
continues through Sunday. Radiator functional
Tests were in work. Weight saving modifications
of the left and right hand elevon coves, where
the back of the orbiter's wings meet the aft fuselage,
were in work until Monday. Engineers are
evaluating leak check data from a 17-inch
disconnect on the
umbilical assembly that joins the external
tank to the orbiter. (Reference
KSC Shuttle Status 6/25/1997)
- On Tuesday, 6/17/97, deservicing of freon
coolant loop No. 2 was in work and trouble
shooting of the accumulator on freon coolant
loop No. 1 was also in progress. (Reference
KSC Shuttle Status 6/17/1997)
Orbit:
- Altitude: 184 statute miles
- Inclination: 51.6
- Orbits: 169
- Duration: 10 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes, 12
seconds.
- Distance: miles
Hardware:
- SRB:
BIO-90
- SRM:
- ET :
SN-88
- MLP :
MLP-2
- SSME-1:
SN-2012
- SSME-2:
SN-2040
- SSME-3:
SN-2019
Landing:
- KSC October 6, 1997 at 5:55 p.m. EDT Runway 15
Main Gear Touchdown 5:55:09 pm EDT (MET 10 Days
19 Hours 20 Min 50 Sec) Nose Gear Touchdown
5:55:19 pm EDT (MET 10 Days 19 Hours 21 Min 00
Sec) Wheel Stop 5:56:31pm EDT (MET 10 Days 19
hours 22 Min 12 Sec)
- At 4:31pm EDT 10/6/97, Atlantis was
given a go to manuever to the deorbit burn
attitude and at 4:35pm EDT the crew was given a
go for the burn. KSC weather at landing time was
expected to have some cloud cover at 33,000 feet
with cross winds of 10 knots and gusts to 15
knots. (Reference
KSC Weather History 10/06/1997 1700).
- The deorbit burn
occured at 4:48pm EDT on
orbit 169. At 5:51pm
EDT, long range cameras picked up the shuttle
and double sonic booms were heard at KSC as the
shuttle slowed down to just below the speed of
sound. Time to touchdown was 2min 30sec. Landing
Gear down and locked at 5:54pm EDT, touchdown
5:55pm EDT.
- Other landing opportunities on Monday were
available but not needed. The second KSC landing
opportunity on 10/6/97 would have been on orbit
170, with a deorbitburn
at 6:24 p.m. EDT, and touchdown at KSC at 7:30
p.m. EDT. Two landing opportunities at Edward's
Air Force Base were also possible. The first
would have been on
orbit 171, with a deorbit burn
7:54 EDT and a landing at 9:01 EDT. The second
opportunity for Edwards would have been on
orbit 172, deorbit burn
at 9:31 EDT, with a landing at 10:37 EDT.
- Both landing opportunties for KSC on October
5, 1997, were waved off due to to cloud cover
and high winds at KSC's Shuttle
Landing Facility (SLF). (Reference
KSC Weather History 10/05/1997 1900).
Mission Highlights:
STS-86
Flight Day 1 Highlights:
STS-86
Flight Day 2 Highlights:
STS-86
Flight Day 3 Highlights:
STS-86
Flight Day 4 Highlights:
STS-86
Flight Day 5 Highlights:
STS-86
Flight Day 6 Highlights:
STS-86
Flight Day 7 Highlights:
STS-86
Flight Day 8 Highlights:
STS-86
Flight Day 9 Highlights:
STS-86
Flight Day 10 Highlights:
STS-86
Flight Day 11 Highlights:
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Flight Day 12 Highlights:
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