Lockheed Space Operations CompanyLaunch Successful
STS-65
Space Shuttle
Historical mission record
This page records Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-65 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Mission
STS-65 was a Space Shuttle program mission of Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 8 July 1994. The flight was commanded by Robert D. Cabana who would go on later to lead the Kennedy Space Center.
- Launch vehicle
- Space Shuttle
- Mission type
- Low Earth Orbit
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Spacecraft
- Space Shuttle Columbia
- Destination
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 39A
- Provider
- Lockheed Space Operations Company
- Programs
- Space Shuttle
The people behind the mission
Meet the crew
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Launch crew
Space Shuttle Columbia
Landing crew (7)Space Shuttle Columbia
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.
- Height
- 56.1 m
- Diameter
- 8 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 135
- First flight
- 1981-04-12
Recorded timing
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SCHEDULED MOMENT
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Launch site & orbit
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
The mission in perspective
Launch site & orbit
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Mission coverage
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