Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-63
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-63
STS-63 was the first mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried out the first rendezvous of the American Space Shuttle with Russia's space station Mir. Known as the 'Near-Mir' mission, the flight used Space Shuttle Discovery, which lifted off from launch pad 39B on 3 February 1995 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Space Shuttle Discovery
Serial OV-103
Launch Crew Count 6
Status Retired
Landing Time 1995-02-11T11:50:00+0000
Crew
Jim Wetherbee
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1952-11-27
Status Retired
Type Government
Eileen Collins
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1956-11-19
Status Retired
Type Government
Bernard Harris
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1956-06-26
Status Retired
Type Government
Janice E. Voss
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1956-10-08
Deceased 2012-02-06
Status Deceased
Type Government
Michael Foale
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1957-01-06
Status Retired
Type Government
Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov
Mission Specialist
Nationality Russian
Date Of Birth 1947-01-01
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.
Shuttle–Mir
The Shuttle–Mir program was a collaborative 11-mission space program between Russia and the United States that involved American Space Shuttles visiting the Russian space station Mir, Russian cosmonauts flying on the Shuttle, and an American astronaut flying aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to engage in long-duration expeditions aboard Mir.
