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STS-46 was a NASA
NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
 space shuttle
Space Shuttle

NASA's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System , is the spacecraft currently used by the United States government for its human spaceflight missions....
 mission launched in 1992.



Mission highlights
Mission's primary objectives were the deployment of ESA's EURECA
EURECA

EURECA was an unmanned 4.5 tonne satellite with 71 experiments. It was an ESA mission and the acronym was derived from Archimedes' bathtub revelation; Eureka ....
 (European Retrievable Carrier) and the joint NASA
NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
/Italian Space Agency Tethered Satellite System (TSS). EURECA was deployed a day later than scheduled because of a problem with its data handling system.






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STS-46 was a NASA
NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
 space shuttle
Space Shuttle

NASA's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System , is the spacecraft currently used by the United States government for its human spaceflight missions....
 mission launched in 1992.

Crew

  • Loren J. Shriver (3), Commander
  • Andrew M. Allen
    Andrew M. Allen

    Andrew Michael "Andy" Allen is a retired United States Astronaut. A former United States Marine Corps aviator and Lt. Colonel, he worked as a test pilot before joining NASA in 1987....
     (1), Pilot
  • Jeffrey A. Hoffman
    Jeffrey A. Hoffman

    Jeffrey Alan Hoffman, Doctor of Philosophy is a former NASA astronaut....
     (3), Mission Specialist 1
  • Franklin R. Chang-Diaz (3), Mission Specialist 2
  • Claude Nicollier
    Claude Nicollier

    Claude Nicollier is the first astronaut from Switzerland and has flown on several Space Shuttle missions. He was appointed full professor of Spatial Technology at the ?cole Polytechnique F?d?rale de Lausanne on 28 March 2007....
     (1), Mission Specialist 3 - ESA
    European Space Agency

    The European Space Agency , established in 1975, is an intergovernmentalism organisation dedicated to the Space exploration, currently with 18 member states....
  • Marsha S. Ivins (2), Mission Specialist 4
  • Franco Malerba
    Franco Malerba

    Franco Egidio Malerba is an Italy astronaut. He was the first citizen of Italy to travel to space.Married to the former Marie-Aude N?mo. They have one child....
     (1), Payload Specialist 1 - ASI
    Italian Space Agency

    The Italian Space Agency was founded in 1988 to promote, coordinate, and conduct outer space activities in Italy. Operating under the Ministry of the Universities and Scientific and Technological Research, the Agency cooperates with numerous international and Italian entities, who are active in space technology, and with the Italian Presiden...


Mission parameters

  • Mass
    Mass

    In physical science, mass refers to the degree of acceleration a body acquires when subject to a force: bodies with greater mass are accelerated less by the same force....
    :
    • Orbiter landing with payload: 94,676 kg
    • Payload: 12,164 kg
  • Perigee: 425 km
  • Apogee: 437 km
  • Inclination
    Inclination

    Inclination in general is the angle between a reference plane and another plane or Axis_of_rotation of direction. The axial tilt is expressed as the angle made by the planet's axis and a line drawn through the planet's center perpendicular to the orbital plane....
    :     28.5°
  • Period
    Orbital period

    The orbital Periodicity is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object.When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars....
    :     93.2 min


Mission highlights


Mission's primary objectives were the deployment of ESA's EURECA
EURECA

EURECA was an unmanned 4.5 tonne satellite with 71 experiments. It was an ESA mission and the acronym was derived from Archimedes' bathtub revelation; Eureka ....
 (European Retrievable Carrier) and the joint NASA
NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
/Italian Space Agency Tethered Satellite System (TSS). EURECA was deployed a day later than scheduled because of a problem with its data handling system. Seven and a half hours after deployment, the spacecraft's thrusters were fired to boost EURECA to its planned operating altitude of around 310 miles. However, thruster firing was cut to six minutes from 24 minutes because of unexpected attitude data from the spacecraft. The problem was resolved and EURECA was successfully boosted to its operational orbit on the mission's sixth day. TSS deployment also was delayed one day because of the problems with EURECA. During deployment, the satellite reached a maximum distance of only 860 feet from the orbiter instead of the planned 12.5 miles because of a jammed tether line. After numerous attempts over several days to free the tether, TSS operations were curtailed and the satellite was stowed for return to Earth. Secondary payloads included: Evaluation of Oxygen Integration with Materials/Thermal Management Processes (EOIM-III/TEMP 2A), Consortium for Materials Development in Space Complex Autonomous Payload (CONCAP II and CONCAP III), IMAX
IMAX

IMAX is a film film format and projection standard created by Canada's IMAX Corporation. The traditional version of IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and than conventional film display systems....
 Cargo Bay Camera (ICBC), Limited Duration Space Environment Candidate Materials Exposure (LDCE), Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS), Pituitary Growth Hormone Cell Function (PHCF), and Ultraviolet Plume Instrument (UVPI). Mission extended extra day to complete scientific objectives.

STS-46 marked the 150th human spaceflight
List of human spaceflights

These chronological lists include all crewed spaceflights that reached an altitude of at least 100 km , or were launched with that intention but failed....
 to achieve orbit.

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See also

  • Space science
    Space science

    Space science is an all-encompassing term that describes all of the various science fields that are concerned with the study of the Universe, generally also meaning "excluding the Earth" and "outside of the Earth's atmosphere"....
  • Space shuttle
    Space Shuttle

    NASA's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System , is the spacecraft currently used by the United States government for its human spaceflight missions....
  • List of space shuttle missions
    List of space shuttle missions

    This is a list of missions flown by space shuttles. As of 2009, only the United States has flown human spaceflight Space Shuttle missions in the Space Shuttle program, while the Soviet Union flew one unmanned flight of the Buran ....
  • List of human spaceflights chronologically


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