![]() Spacelab Module LM1 in Columbia's payload bay, serving as the International Microgravity Laboratory | |
Names | Space Transportation System-65 |
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Mission type | Microgravity research |
Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1994-039A |
SATCAT no. | 23173 |
Mission duration | 14 days, 17 hours, 55 minutes |
Distance travelled | 9,886,200 kilometers (6,143,000 mi) |
Orbits completed | 235 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Columbia |
Payload mass | 10,811 kilograms (23,834 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 7 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 8 July 1994, 16:43:01 | UTC
Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39A |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 23 July 1994, 10:38:01 | UTC
Landing site | Kennedy, SLF Runway 33 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 300 kilometres (190 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 304 kilometres (189 mi) |
Inclination | 28.45 degrees |
Period | 90.5 minutes |
![]() ![]() Left to right - Seated: Hieb, Cabana, Thomas; Standing: Chiao, Halsell, Naito-Mukai, Walz |
STS-65 was a Space Shuttle program mission of Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 8 July 1994. The flight carried a crew of 7 and was commanded by Robert D. Cabana who would go on later to lead the Kennedy Space Center. STS-65 was an international science mission that carried the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2) on an 15-day mission.[1] Columbia returned to the Kennedy Space Center on 23 July 1994.