1998-064A
STS-95's main missions were overshadowed by the presence on board of Payload Specialist-2 John H. Glenn, Jr., making his second spaceflight after an interval of 36 years and becoming the oldest space traveller to date at age 77. After two minor holds, Discovery was go for launch. The drag chute door fell off at ignition, hitting a main engine but fortunately without damage. (Aluminium hinge pins were replaced by stronger Iconel for the next mission). The mission used the second SWLT. Once in orbit, Glenn was able to report for the second time: `zero-g and I feel fine'.
On Nov 1, Robinson used the RMS to deploy Spartan. It was recovered successfully two days later with none of the problems of its previous mission.
Reentry was on Nov 7. Concerns that the drag chute might deploy during descent were not borne out, and a smooth landing was made at KSC, with drag chute release cancelled.
| STS-95 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 Sep | In OPF/2 | ||
| 1998 Sep 14 | 1400 | Roll to VAB/2 | |
| 1998 Sep 15 | ET mate | ||
| 1998 Oct 4 | Roll to LC39B | ||
| 1998 Oct 29 | 1919:33 | Drag chute door falls off | |
| 1919:34 | Launch by Shuttle | ||
| 1919:36 | Drag chute door hits SSME1 | ||
| 1921:37 | T+2:03 SRB sep | ||
| 1927:57 | T+8:21 MECO | 54 x 548 x 28.5 | |
| 1928:15 | ET sep | ||
| 2001:32 | OMS-2 5:05 141.5 m/s | 95.79 552 x 561 x 28.5 | |
| 2006:37 | OMS-2 CO | ||
| 2044:39 | PLBD open | ||
| 1998 Oct 30 | 1845 | Deploy PANSAT | |
| Unberth RMS | |||
| Reberth RMS | |||
| 1998 Nov 1 | 1727:14 | Grapple SPTN | |
| 1803:17 | Unberth SPTN | ||
| 1900:12 | Deploy Spartan | ||
| 1906:40 | RCS 0.3m/s sep | ||
| 1936:26 | RCS 0.4m/s sep | ||
| 2058:34 | NC1 0.6ms | ||
| 1998 Nov 2 | 0056:34 | NC1A 0.2m/s | |
| 1998 Nov 3 | 0217:34 | NC3 6s 0.4m/s | |
| 1411 | NC4 32s 2.2m/s | ||
| 1621 | RCS pre-TI 12s 1m/s | ||
| 1721:11 | OMS-3 R 12s 3m/s | ||
| 1721:23 | OMS-3 CO | ||
| 1741 | MC1 | ||
| 1814 | MC2 | ||
| 1831 | MC3 | ||
| 1854 | MC4 | ||
| R-bar rendezvous | |||
| 2047:49 | Grapple Spartan | ||
| 2104:51 | Berth Spartan | ||
| 2110:32 | Ungrapple | ||
| 1998 Nov 4 | 1438:40 | Grapple SPTN | |
| 1537:08 | Unberth Spartan | ||
| OSVS tests | |||
| 1738:50 | Reberth Spartan | ||
| 1744:49 | Ungrapple | ||
| 1998 Nov 6 | 2045 | RCS adjust 52s 3.9m/s | |
| 1998 Nov 7 | 1312 | PLBD closed | |
| 1552:54 | OMS DO 4:47 143.4 m/s | ||
| 1557:41 | OMS DO CO | ||
| 1632:24 | Entry | ||
| 1703:30 | MGTD KSC RW33 | ||
| 1703:40 | NGTD | ||
| 1704:29 | Wheels stop | ||
| 2145 | Tow to OPF/1 | ||
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