STS-82

STS-82
	The Hubble Space Telescope in Space Shuttle Discovery's Payload bay
Names	Space Transportation System-82
Mission type	Hubble servicing
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1997-004A
SATCAT no.	24719
Mission duration	9 days, 23 hours, 38 minutes, 9 seconds
Distance travelled	6,100,000 kilometres (3,800,000 mi)
Orbits completed	149
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Discovery
Launch mass	116,884 kilograms (257,685 lb)
Payload mass	83,122 kilograms (183,253 lb)
Crew
Crew size	7
Members	Kenneth D. Bowersox; Scott J. Horowitz; Joseph R. Tanner; Steven A. Hawley; Gregory J. Harbaugh; Mark C. Lee; Steven L. Smith;
Start of mission
Launch date	February 11, 1997, 08:55:17 UTC
Launch site	Kennedy LC-39A
End of mission
Landing date	February 21, 1997, 08:32 UTC
Landing site	Kennedy SLF Runway 15
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	475 kilometres (295 mi)
Apogee altitude	574 kilometres (357 mi)
Inclination	28.4698 degrees
Period	95.2 min
Capture of Hubble
RMS capture	13 February 1997, 08:34 UTC
RMS release	19 February 1997, 06:41 UTC
	; Left to right - Front: Bowersox, Hawley, Horowitz; Back: Tanner, Harbaugh, Lee, Smith Space Shuttle program ← STS-81 STS-83 →

STS-82 was the 22nd flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the 82nd mission of the Space Shuttle program. It was NASA's second mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, during which Discovery's crew repaired and upgraded the telescope's scientific instruments, increasing its research capabilities. Discovery launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on February 11, 1997, returning to Earth on February 21, 1997, at Kennedy Space Center.^[1]

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