STS-73

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

13:53:00

Friday October 20, 1995

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

STS-73

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The second United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2) Spacelab mission was the prime payload on STS-73. The 16-day flight continued a cooperative effort of the U.S. government, universities and industry to push back the frontiers of science and technology in "microgravity", the near-weightless environment of space.

Low Earth Orbit

15,250 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


72nd

Mission

6th

Mission of 1995

1995


61st

Orbital launch attempt