Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-87
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-87
STS-87 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Launch Complex 39B of the Kennedy Space Center on 19 November 1997. It was the 88th flight of the Space Shuttle, and the 24th flight of Columbia. The mission goals were to conduct experiments using the United States Microgravity Payload (USMP-4), conduct two EVAs, and to deploy the SPARTAN-201 experiment.
Space Shuttle Columbia
Serial OV-102
Launch Crew Count 6
Status Destroyed
Landing Time 1997-12-05T12:20:00+0000
Crew
Kevin R. Kregel
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1956-09-16
Status Retired
Type Government
Steven Lindsey
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1960-08-24
Status Retired
Type Government
Kalpana Chawla
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1962-03-17
Deceased 2003-02-01
Status Lost In Flight
Type Government
Leonid Kadeniuk
Payload Specialist
Nationality Ukrainian
Date Of Birth 1951-01-28
Deceased 2018-01-31
Status Deceased
Type Government
Takao Doi
Mission Specialist
Nationality Japanese
Date Of Birth 1954-09-18
Status Retired
Type Government
Winston E. Scott
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1950-08-06
Status Retired
Type Government
Space Shuttle
Height 56.10 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 28200 kN
Diameter 8.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 27500 kg
Liftoff Mass 2030 Tonnes
Launch Success 133
Consecutive Success 22
Maiden Flight 1981-04-12
Launch Failures 2
Programs
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
