1997-032A
After the aborted STS-83 mission, NASA quickly moved to refly the MSL payload. For a while the reflight was designated STS-83R, but on Apr 25 it was officially named STS-94 (missions STS-84 to STS-93 were far enough along in the planning process that it would have been undesirable to rewrite all their documentation with new numbers). The STS-94/MSL-1R mission had the same payload and the same crew as STS-83/MSL-1. After minimal reprocessing of the payload it was rolled back to the pad on 1997 Jun 11, and on Jul 1 it beat approaching thunderstorms and roared to orbit on the first countdown try.
| STS-94 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 Jun 4 | 1620 | Roll from OPF to VAB Bay 1 | |
| 1997 Jun 5 | Mate to ET | ||
| 1997 Jun 11 | 0645 | Roll to LC39A | |
| 1997 Jul 1 | 1802:00 | Launch | KSC LC39A |
| 1804:03 | SRB sep | ||
| 1810:30 | MECO | 69? x 303 x 28.5 | |
| 1810:48 | ET sep | ||
| 1841:52 | OMS 2 142.8s 67.6 m/s | ||
| 1844:16 | OMS 2 CO | ||
| 1938:44 | PLBD open | 90.56 300 x 303 x 28.5 | |
| 1997 Jul 2 | 90.56 299 x 304 x 28.47 | ||
| 1997 Jul 3 | 90.55 299 x 303 x 28.5 | ||
| 1997 Jul 17 | 0702:15 | PLBD closed | 90.47 295 x 299 x 28.5 |
| 0943:45 | OMS DO 3:00 91.0m/s | ||
| 0946:46 | OMS DO complete | -10 x 299 x 28.5 | |
| 1014:39 | Entry interface | ||
| 1046:34 | MGTD RW33 KSC | ||
| 1046:45 | NGTD | ||
| 1047:29 | Wheels stop | ||
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