STS-85
The deployment and retrieval of a satellite designed to study Earth's middle atmosphere along with a test of potential International Space Station hardware highlighted NASA's sixth Shuttle mission of 1997.The Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS) on which the scientific instruments were mounted is a self-contained platform that provides power, command, control and communication with Discovery during free-flight.The Middle Atmosphere High Resolution Spectrograph Instrument (MAHRSI) measured hydroxyl and nitric oxide by sensing UV radiation emitted and scattered by the atmosphere, while the Surface Effects Sample Monitor (SESAM) was a passive carrier for state-of-the-art optical surfaces to study the impact of the atomic oxygen and the space environment on materials and services.The Microgravity Vibration Isolation Mount (MIM) experiment was operated by Canadian Space Agency astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason.The mission lasted a day longer than originally planned due to a threat of ground fog at Kennedy Space Center.
Space Transportation SystemCOSPAR IDSATCAT no.Space ShuttleDiscoveryCurtis L. Brown, Jr.Kent V. RomingerN. Jan DavisRobert L. Curbeam, Jr.Stephen K. RobinsonBjarni V. TryggvasonKennedyLC-39ASLF Runway 33GeocentricLow EarthPerigee altitudeApogee altitudeInclinationPeriodSpace Shuttle programSTS-94STS-86Kennedy Space CenterPositionJeffrey AshbyKent RomingerSTS-93Shuttle Pallet SatelliteSTS-66International Extreme Ultraviolet HitchhikerShuttle Landing FacilityMaksutov UV telescopeMoxy FrüvousMarc GarneauList of human spaceflightsList of Space Shuttle missionsOutline of space scienceWayback MachineSpace Shuttle DiscoverySTS-41-DSTS-51-ASTS-51-CSTS-51-DSTS-51-GSTS-51-ISTS-26STS-29STS-33STS-31STS-41STS-39STS-48STS-42STS-53STS-56STS-51STS-60STS-64STS-63STS-70STS-82STS-91STS-95STS-96STS-103STS-92STS-102STS-105STS-114STS-121STS-116STS-120STS-124STS-119STS-128STS-131STS-133Steven F. Udvar-Hazy CenterWashington, D.C.Destiny in SpaceU.S. Space Shuttle missions(crews)Approach and Landing TestsSTS-41-BSTS-41-CSTS-41-GSTS-51-BSTS-51-FSTS-51-JSTS-61-ASTS-61-BSTS-61-CSTS-51-LSTS-27STS-30STS-28STS-34STS-32STS-36STS-38STS-35STS-37STS-40STS-43STS-44STS-45STS-49STS-50STS-46STS-47STS-52STS-54STS-55STS-57STS-58STS-61STS-62STS-59STS-65STS-68STS-67STS-71STS-69STS-73STS-74