1994-059A
STS-64 was another research mission. The Spartan 201 solar observatory flew once more, and was joined in the payload bay by the LITE experiment. LITE used a laser ranger to study the atmospere.
The highlight of the mission was a spacewalk to test out the new SAFER backpack.
Discovery also carried out tests of the SPIFEX contamination experiment, a long lance-like probe attached to the end of the RMS.
| STS-64 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 May 26 | Tow to VAB for storage | VAB/2 | |
| 1994 Jun 8 | Tow to OPF | OPF | |
| 1994 Sep 9 | 2222:55 | Launch | |
| 2224:58 | T+2:03 SRB sep | ||
| 2231:30 | T+8:34 MECO | 42 x 254 (STSMR) | |
| 2231:49 | ET sep | ||
| 2259:04 | OMS-2 2:05 64m/s | ||
| 2353 | PLBD open | 89.68 252 x 264 x 57.0 | |
| 2355? | ET reentry | ||
| 1994 Sep 10 | 0245:25 | RCS trim 5s 0.4m/s | |
| 0333:09 | RCS trim 10s 1m/s | ||
| 1994 Sep 10 | 2033:08 | RMS grapple SPIFEX | 89.70 253 x 266 x 57.0 |
| 2041:32 | SPIFEX unberth | ||
| 1994 Sep 11 | 0237:55 | RCS trim 2s 0.1m/s | |
| 1525:38 | RCS trim 25s 0.5m/s | ||
| 1994 Sep 12 | 1556:02 | RMS reberth SPIFEX | |
| 1559:14 | RMS ungrapple SPIFEX | ||
| 1994 Sep 13 | 1514:24 | RCS trim 6s 0.4m/s | |
| 1600:34 | RCS trim 5s 0.4m/s | ||
| 1994 Sep 13 | 2040:20 | RMS grapple Spartan | 89.68 252 x 265 x 57.0 |
| 2048:24 | RMS unberth Spartan | ||
| 2129:57 | RMS release Spartan | ||
| RCS sep-1 | |||
| RCS sep-2 | |||
| 2220 | 89.71 255 x 264 x 57.0 | ||
| 1994 Sep 14 | 0119 | 89.70 253 x 265 x 57.0 | |
| 1994 Sep 14? | 1350 | NC3 1m/s | |
| 1445 | NC4 1m/s | ||
| 1715 | 89.67 251 x 264 x 57.0 | ||
| 1994 Sep 15? | 0210 | NCC 0.3m/s | |
| 1994 Sep 15 | 1238 | 89.64 250 x 262 x 57.0 | |
| 1542 | 89.61 249 x 260 x 57.0 | ||
| 1994 Sep 15 | 1844 | TI 1m/s | 255 x 259 |
| 1935 | MC2 | ||
| 1947 | MC3 | ||
| 1956 | MC4 | ||
| 2047? | Spartan rendezvous | ||
| 2056 | Ready to grapple | ||
| 2100:55 | RMS grapple Spartan | ||
| 2228:04 | RMS berth Spartan | ||
| 2229:51 | RMS ungrapple SPTN | ||
| 1994 Sep 15 | 2251:47 | OMS 3R (HITE) 17s 5m/s | |
| 2336:46 | OMS 4L (CIRC) 17s 5m/s | ||
| 2337 | 89.34 235 x 248 x 57.0 | ||
| 1994 Sep 16 | 0303 | 89.33 235 x 248 x 57.0 | |
| 1994 Sep 16 | 1428 | EVA-1 depress start | |
| 1438 | EVA-1 zero p | ||
| 1439:14 | EVA-1 zero p (STS-MR) | ||
| 1439:28 | HO (STS-MR) | ||
| 1442:00 | EVA-1 official start | ||
| 1453 | Hatch open (TC?) | ||
| 1454 | Lee egress | ||
| 1459 | Meade egress | ||
| 1516 | Lee on SAFER, first flight | ||
| 1723 | Lee off SAFER | ||
| 1740? | Meade on SAFER | ||
| 1950? | Meade flight complete, SAFER still on | ||
| 2127 | Hatch closed | ||
| 2131:21 | EMUs on orbiter power | ||
| 2133:16 | Repress, NASA time 6:51, vac time 6:54 | ||
| 2140 | Cabin pressure equalized | 89.32 234 x 247 x 57.0 | |
| 1994 Sep 17 | 1324:17 | RMS grapple SPIFEX | |
| 1349:21 | RMS unberth SPIFEX | ||
| 2107:04 | RMS reberth SPIFEX | ||
| 2109:02 | RMS ungrapple SPIFEX | ||
| 1994 Sep 19 | 1450 | PLBD closed | |
| 1837 | PLBD open (KSC 159 waveoff) | ||
| 1994 Sep 20 | 1449 | PLBD closed | 89.31 233 x 247 x 57.0 |
| 1844 | (KSC 175 waveoff) | ||
| 2017:00 | OMS DO (3:01) 98m/s | 13 x 243 | |
| 2041:03 | Entry | ||
| 2112:53 | MGTD Landed RW04 EAFB | ||
| 2113:02 | NGTD | ||
| 2113:54 | Wheels stop | ||
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