STS-62

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

13:53:00

Friday March 4, 1994

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Mission Details

STS-62

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STS-62 was a Space Shuttle program mission flown aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. The primary payloads were the USMP-02 microgravity experiments package and the OAST-2 engineering and technology payload, both in the orbiter's cargo bay. The two-week mission also featured a number of biomedical experiments focusing on the effects of long duration spaceflight.

Low Earth Orbit

8,759 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Space Shuttle Columbia

Active 1981 to 2003

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo

Agency

NASA

Price

$450.00 million

Rocket

Height: 56.1m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 27,500 kg

GTO: 3,810 kg

Liftoff Thrust

30,250 Kilonewtons

Stages

2

Strap-ons

2

Launch Site

LC-39B

Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

28 days 11 hours

Stats

Space Shuttle


61st

Mission

2nd

Mission of 1994

1994


16th

Orbital launch attempt