STS-59
Space Shuttle Endeavour in orbit with SIR-C in its payload bay | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-59 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Radar imaging |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 1994-020A |
| SATCAT no. | 23042 |
| Mission duration | 11 days, 5 hours, 49 minutes, 30 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 7,571,762 kilometers (4,704,875 mi) |
| Orbits completed | 183 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Endeavour |
| Payload mass | 12,490 kilograms (27,540 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 6 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 9 April 1994, 11:05 UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 20 April 1994, 16:55 UTC |
| Landing site | Edwards Runway 22 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 194 kilometres (121 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 204 kilometres (127 mi) |
| Inclination | 57 degrees |
| Period | 88.4 min |
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Left to right - Standing: Chilton, Gutierrez; Seated: Godwin, Jones, Apt, Clifford | |
STS-59 was a Space Shuttle program mission that took place in 1994. The launch was chronicled by the 1994 Discovery Channel special about the Space Shuttle program.