STS-47

STS-47

Spacelab Module LM2 in Endeavour's payload bay, serving as the Spacelab-J laboratory.
Names	Space Transportation System-47
Mission type	Microgravity research
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1992-061A
SATCAT no.	22120
Mission duration	7 days, 22 hours, 30 minutes, 24 seconds
Distance travelled	5,265,523 km (3,271,844 mi)
Orbits completed	126
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Endeavour
Launch mass	117,335 kg (258,679 lb)
Landing mass	99,450 kg (219,250 lb)
Payload mass	12,485 kg (27,525 lb)
Crew
Crew size	7
Members	Robert L. Gibson Curtis Brown Mark C. Lee Jerome Apt Jan Davis Mae Jemison Mamoru Mohri
Start of mission
Launch date	September 12, 1992, 14:23:00 UTC
Launch site	Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B
Contractor	Rockwell International
End of mission
Landing date	September 20, 1992, 12:53:24 UTC
Landing site	Kennedy Space Center, SLF Runway 33
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude	297 km (185 mi)
Apogee altitude	310 km (190 mi)
Inclination	57.02°
Period	90.00 minutes
Instruments
Air Force Maui Optical Station (AMOS) Israel Space Agency Investigation About Hornets (ISAIAH) Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX-II) Solid Surface Combustion Experiment (SSCE) Ultraviolet Plume Imager (UVPI)
STS-47 mission patch Back row: Davis, Lee, Gibson, Jemison, Mohri Front row: Apt, Brown Space Shuttle program ← STS-46 (49) STS-52 (51) →

STS-47 was NASA's 50th Space Shuttle mission of the program, as well as the second mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The mission mainly involved conducting experiments in life and material sciences inside Spacelab-J, a collaborative laboratory inside the shuttle's payload bay sponsored by NASA and the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA). This mission carried Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese astronaut aboard the shuttle, Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman to go to space, and the only married couple to fly together on the shuttle, Mark C. Lee and Jan Davis, contrary to NASA policy.