STS-67

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

06:38:13

Thursday March 2, 1995

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

STS-67

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Astro-2 was the second dedicated Spacelab mission to conduct astronomical observations in the ultraviolet spectral regions (the first was the Astro-1 mission flown on STS-35). The Astro-2 Spacelab consisted of three unique instruments – the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT), the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT) and the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE).

Low Earth Orbit

13,116 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Space Shuttle Endeavour

Active 1992 to 2011

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-39A

Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

5 days 6 hours

Stats

Space Shuttle


68th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 1995

1995


9th

Orbital launch attempt