STS-77

STS-77
	The Inflatable Antenna Experiment in free flight
Mission type	Microgravity research
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1996-032A
SATCAT no.	23870
Mission duration	10 days, 40 minutes, 10 seconds
Distance travelled	6,600,000 kilometres (4,100,000 mi)
Orbits completed	161
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Endeavour
Launch mass	115,456 kilograms (254,537 lb)
Landing mass	92,701 kilograms (204,371 lb)
Payload mass	12,233 kilograms (26,969 lb)
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	John H. Casper; Curtis L. Brown, Jr.; Andrew S. Thomas; Daniel W. Bursch; Mario Runco, Jr.; Marc Garneau;
Start of mission
Launch date	19 May 1996, 10:30:00.066 UTC
Launch site	Kennedy LC-39B
End of mission
Landing date	29 May 1996, 11:09:18 UTC
Landing site	Kennedy SLF Runway 33
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	278 kilometres (173 mi)
Apogee altitude	287 kilometres (178 mi)
Inclination	39.0 degrees
Period	90.1 min
	; Left to right – Seated: Brown, Casper; Standing, Bursch, Runco, Garneau, Thomas Space Shuttle program ← STS-76 STS-78 →

STS-77 was the 77th Space Shuttle mission and the 11th mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour.^[1] The mission began from launch pad 39B from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 19 May 1996 lasting 10 days and 40 minutes and completing 161 revolutions before landing on runway 33.^[2] The defense and aerospace technology company L'Garde was responsible for the design and manufacture of the Antenna in the Inflatable Antenna Experiment, a key component of the STS-77 mission.^[3]

^ Dumoulin, Jim (29 June 2001). "KSC STS-77". Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
^ Ryba, Jeanne (23 November 2007). "Space Shuttle Mission Archives: STS-77". Retrieved 30 March 2011.
^ "NASA Report, Space Shuttle Mission STS-77". NASA. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

[ScienceKSC-1] Dumoulin, Jim (29 June 2001). "KSC STS-77". Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2011.

[NASA-2] Ryba, Jeanne (23 November 2007). "Space Shuttle Mission Archives: STS-77". Retrieved 30 March 2011.

[3] "NASA Report, Space Shuttle Mission STS-77". NASA. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

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