STS-85

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STS-85

The CRISTA-SPAS experiment in its ninth and final day of free flight in proximity to Discovery
Names	Space Transportation System-85
Mission type	Research
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1997-039A
SATCAT no.	24889
Mission duration	11 days, 20 hours, 28 minutes, 7 seconds
Distance travelled	7,600,000 kilometres (4,700,000 mi)
Orbits completed	185
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Discovery
Payload mass	9,191 kilograms (20,263 lb)
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Curtis L. Brown, Jr. Kent V. Rominger N. Jan Davis Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. Stephen K. Robinson Bjarni V. Tryggvason
Start of mission
Launch date	7 August 1997, 14:41 (1997-08-07UTC14:41Z) UTC
Launch site	Kennedy, LC-39A
End of mission
Landing date	19 August 1997, 11:08 (1997-08-19UTC11:09Z) UTC
Landing site	Kennedy, SLF Runway 33
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	249 kilometres (155 mi)
Apogee altitude	261 kilometres (162 mi)
Inclination	57.0 degrees
Period	89.6 minutes
STS-85 mission patch Left to right – Seated: Rominger, Brown; Standing: Curbeam, Robinson, Davis, Tryggvason Space Shuttle program ← STS-94 (85) STS-86 (87) →

STS-85 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission to perform multiple space science packages. It was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 7 August 1997. A major experiment was the CRISTA-SPAS free-flyer which had various telescopes on board.