![]() The Wake Shield Facility takes flight for a third time, after being deployed by Columbia's Canadarm | |
Mission type | Research |
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Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1996-065A |
SATCAT no. | 24660![]() |
Mission duration | 17 days, 15 hours, 53 minutes, 17 seconds |
Distance travelled | 11,000,000 km (6,800,000 mi) |
Orbits completed | 279 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Columbia |
Payload mass | 13,006 kg (28,673 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 5 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | November 19, 1996, 19:55:47 UTC (2:55:47 pm EST) |
Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39B |
End of mission | |
Landing date | December 7, 1996, 11:49:04 UTC (6:49:04 am EST) |
Landing site | Kennedy, SLF Runway 33 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 318 kilometres (198 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 375 kilometres (233 mi) |
Inclination | 28.45 degrees |
Period | 91.5 min |
![]() ![]() From left: Rominger, Jernigan, Musgrave, Jones and Cockrell |
STS-80 was a Space Shuttle mission flown by Space Shuttle Columbia. The launch was originally scheduled for October 31, 1996, but was delayed to November 19 for several reasons.[1] Likewise, the landing, which was originally scheduled for December 5, was pushed back to December 7 after bad weather prevented landing for two days.[2]
It was the longest Shuttle mission ever flown at 17 days, 15 hours, and 53 minutes.[2]
Although two spacewalks were planned for the mission, they were both canceled after problems with the airlock hatch prevented astronauts Tom Jones and Tammy Jernigan from exiting the orbiter.[3]