STS-67

ASTRO-2 in Endeavour's payload bay

Names| Space Transportation System-67
Mission type| Astronomy
Operator| NASA
Mission duration| 16 days, 15 hours, 8 minutes, 48 seconds
Distance travelled| 11,100,000 kilometres (6,900,000 mi)
Orbits completed| 262[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft| Space Shuttle Endeavour
Payload mass| 13,116 kilograms (28,916 lb)
Crew
Crew size| 7
Members|

* Stephen S. Oswald
* William G. Gregory
* John M. Grunsfeld
* Wendy B. Lawrence
* Tamara E. Jernigan
* Samuel T. Durrance
* Ronald A. Parise

Start of mission
Launch date| March 2, 1995, 06:38:13 (1995-03-02UTC06:38:13Z) UTC, 1:38:13 am EDT
Launch site| Kennedy, LC-39A
End of mission
Landing date| March 18, 1995, 21:47:01 (1995-03-18UTC21:47:02Z) UTC, 1:47:01 pm PDT
Landing site| Edwards, Runway 22
Orbital parameters
Reference system| Geocentric
Regime| Low Earth
Perigee altitude| 305 kilometres (190 mi)
Apogee altitude| 305 kilometres (190 mi)
Inclination| 28.45 degrees[2]
Period| 91.5 min

Left to right – Front row: Oswald, Jernigan, Gregory; Back row: Parise, Lawrence, Grunsfeld, Durrance

Space Shuttle program

<- STS-63 (67)

STS-71 (69) ->

STS-67 was a human spaceflight mission using Space Shuttle Endeavour that launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on March 2, 1995.[3]

## Contents

* 1 Crew
* 1.1 Crew seat assignments
* 2 Mission highlights
* 2.1 Ultraviolet Imaging Experiments
* 2.2 Middeck Active Control Experiment (MACE)
* 3 Getaway Special Payloads
* 4 Mission insignia
* 5 See also
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Crew

Position | Astronaut

|

Commander  | Stephen S. Oswald
Third and last spaceflight
Pilot  | William G. Gregory
Only spaceflight
Mission Specialist 1  | John M. Grunsfeld
First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 2
Flight Engineer  | Wendy B. Lawrence
First spaceflight
Mission Specialist 3  | Tamara E. Jernigan
Third spaceflight
Payload Specialist 1  | Samuel T. Durrance
Second and last spaceflight
Payload Specialist 2  | Ronald A. Parise
Second and last spaceflight
Member of Blue Team
Member of Red Team

### Crew seat assignments

Seat[4] | Launch  | Landing  | 150px
Seats 1–4 are on the flight deck.
Seats 5–7 are on the mid-deck.

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1  | Oswald
2  | Gregory
3  | Grunsfeld  | Jernigan
4  | Lawrence
5  | Jernigan  | Grunsfeld
6  | Durrance
7  | Parise

## Mission highlights

Space Shuttle Endeavour launches from Kennedy Space Center, March 2, 1995

### Ultraviolet Imaging Experiments

Astro-2 was the second dedicated Spacelab mission to conduct astronomical observations in the ultraviolet spectral regions (the first was the Astro-1 mission flown on STS-35). The Astro-2 Spacelab consisted of three unique instruments – the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope (HUT), the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT) and the Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment (WUPPE). These took measurements from objects within the Solar System as well as individual stars, nebulae, supernova remnants, galaxies and active extragalactic objects. The data supplemented the data obtained from the Astro-1 mission.

The purpose of the UIT was to observe UV radiation from space (most UV radiation is absorbed by Earth's atmosphere and cannot be studied from the ground). The data collected from UIT Astro-1 mission provided the first accurate knowledge of UV data from the universe. The UIT in the Astro-2 Spacelab was capable of capturing almost twice the UV spectrum of its predecessor. As STS-67 launched at a different time of year from STS-35, data was collected from portions of the sky that Astro-1 was not able to view.

### Middeck Active Control Experiment (MACE)

On the Middeck, science experiments included the Protein Crystal Growth Thermal Enclosure System Vapor Diffusion Apparatus-03 experiment (PCG-TES-03), the Protein Crystal Growth Single Thermal Enclosure System-02 (PCG-STES-02), the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment-II (SAREX-II), the Middeck Active Control Experiment (MACE), the Commercial Materials Dispersion Apparatus Instrumentation Technology Associates Experiments-03 (CMIX-03) and the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX).

The Middeck Active Control Experiment (MACE) was a space engineering research payload and activity. It consisted of a rate gyro, reaction wheels, a precision pointing payload, and a scanning and pointing payload that produces motion disturbances. The goal of the experiment was to test a closed loop control system that could compensate for motion disturbances. On orbit, Commander Stephen S. Oswald and Pilot William G. Gregory used MACE to test about 200 different motion disturbance situations over 45 hours of testing during the mission. Information from MACE was to be used to design better control systems that compensate for motion in future spacecraft.

## Getaway Special Payloads

Two Get Away Special (GAS) payloads were also on board. They were the G-387 and G-388 canisters. This experiment was sponsored by the Australian Space Office and AUSPACE ltd. The objectives were to make ultraviolet observations of deep space or nearby galaxies. These observations were made to study the structure of galactic supernova remnants, the distribution of hot gas in the Magellanic Clouds, the hot galactic halo emission, and emission associated with galactic cooling flows and jets. The two GAS canisters were interconnected with a cable. Canister 1 had a motorized door assembly that exposed a UV telescope to space when opened. UV reflective filters on the telescopes optics determine its UV bandpass. Canister 2 contained two video recorders for data storage and batteries to provide experiment power. It was Space Shuttle Endeavour's longest flight and the longest flight overall that was not flown by Columbia.

## Mission insignia

The spiral galaxy, Jupiter, and the four moons (total of six space objects) as well as the seven stars of the insignia symbolize the flight's numerical designation in the Space Transportation System's mission sequence. Endeavour, with ASTRO-2, is speeding by.

## See also

* List of human spaceflights
* List of Space Shuttle missions
* Outline of space science
* Space Shuttle
* STS-80 (17 day 8 hour Shuttle mission)
* STS-78 (16 day 21 hour Shuttle mission)
* STS-73 (15 days 21 hours Shuttle mission)

## References

1. ↑ "STS-67 Mission Statement". http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-67/mission-sts-67.html.
2. ↑ "STS-67 Mission Archive". http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-67.html.
3. ↑ Uri, John J. (2025-03-04). "30 Years Ago: STS-67, the Astro-2 Mission". https://www.nasa.gov/history/30-years-ago-sts-67-the-astro-2-mission/.
4. ↑ "STS-67". Spacefacts. http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-67.htm.

## External links

* NASA mission summary
* STS-67 Video Highlights
* Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
* Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photo-Polarimeter Experiment
* Middeck Active Control Experiment
* R. R. Jayroe Collection, The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections Files of Robert R. Jayroe, mission manager for Astro-2.

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* e

Space Shuttle Endeavour (OV-105)

Flights|

* STS-49
* STS-47
* STS-54
* STS-57
* STS-61
* STS-59
* STS-68
* STS-67
* STS-69
* STS-72
* STS-77
* STS-89
* STS-88
* STS-99
* STS-97
* STS-100
* STS-108
* STS-111
* STS-113
* STS-118
* STS-123
* STS-126
* STS-127
* STS-130
* STS-134

Status|

* Retired

On display|

* California Science Center, Los Angeles

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* t
* e

U.S. Space Shuttle missions

Completed
(crews)|

| 1970s|

* 1977
* ALT

|

1980s|

* 1981
* STS-1
* STS-2
* 1982
* STS-3
* STS-4
* STS-5
* 1983
* STS-6
* STS-7
* STS-8
* STS-9
* 1984
* STS-41-B
* STS-41-C
* STS-41-D
* STS-41-G
* STS-51-A
* 1985
* STS-51-C
* STS-51-D
* STS-51-B
* STS-51-G
* STS-51-F
* STS-51-I
* STS-51-J
* STS-61-A
* STS-61-B
* 1986
* STS-61-C
* STS-51-L†
* 1988
* STS-26
* STS-27
* 1989
* STS-29
* STS-30
* STS-28
* STS-34
* STS-33

1990s|

* 1990
* STS-32
* STS-36
* STS-31
* STS-41
* STS-38
* STS-35
* 1991
* STS-37
* STS-39
* STS-40
* STS-43
* STS-48
* STS-44
* 1992
* STS-42
* STS-45
* STS-49
* STS-50
* STS-46
* STS-47
* STS-52
* STS-53
* 1993
* STS-54
* STS-56
* STS-55
* STS-57
* STS-51
* STS-58
* STS-61
* 1994
* STS-60
* STS-62
* STS-59
* STS-65
* STS-64
* STS-68
* STS-66
* 1995
* STS-63
* STS-67
* STS-71
* STS-70
* STS-69
* STS-73
* STS-74
* 1996
* STS-72
* STS-75
* STS-76
* STS-77
* STS-78
* STS-79
* STS-80
* 1997
* STS-81
* STS-82
* STS-83
* STS-84
* STS-94
* STS-85
* STS-86
* STS-87
* 1998
* STS-89
* STS-90
* STS-91
* STS-95
* STS-88
* 1999
* STS-96
* STS-93
* STS-103

2000s|

* 2000
* STS-99
* STS-101
* STS-106
* STS-92
* STS-97
* 2001
* STS-98
* STS-102
* STS-100
* STS-104
* STS-105
* STS-108
* 2002
* STS-109
* STS-110
* STS-111
* STS-112
* STS-113
* 2003
* STS-107†
* 2005
* STS-114
* 2006
* STS-121
* STS-115
* STS-116
* 2007
* STS-117
* STS-118
* STS-120
* 2008
* STS-122
* STS-123
* STS-124
* STS-126
* 2009
* STS-119
* STS-125
* STS-127
* STS-128
* STS-129

2010s|

* 2010
* STS-130
* STS-131
* STS-132
* 2011
* STS-133
* STS-134
* STS-135

Cancelled|

* STS-41-F
* STS-61-E
* STS-61-F
* STS-61-G
* STS-61-H
* STS-62-A
* STS-61-M
* STS-144
* STS-3xx
* STS-400
* Others

Orbiters|

* Atlantis
* Challenger
* disaster
* report
* Columbia
* disaster
* investigation
* Discovery
* Endeavour
* Enterprise

* † indicates failure missions.

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Orbital launches in 1995

Intelsat 704 | Express 1 | Tsikada 1 * Faisat 1 * Astrid 1 | Apstar 2 | USA-108 | STS-63 (SPARTAN-204 * ODERACS 2A * ODERACS 2B * ODERACS 2C * ODERACS 2D * ODERACS 2E * ODERACS 2F | Progress M-26 | Foton #10 | STS-67 | Kosmos 2306 | Kosmos 2307 * Kosmos 2308 * Kosmos 2309 | Soyuz TM-21 | SFU * Himawari 5 | Kosmos 2310 | Intelsat 705 | Kosmos 2311 | USA-109 | Gurwin 1 * EKA-2 * UNAMSAT-A | Brasilsat B2 * Hot Bird 1 | Orbcomm FM1 * Orbcomm FM2 * OrbView-1 | Ofek-3 | AMSC-1 | Progress M-27 | ERS-2 | USA-110 | Intelsat 706 | Spektr | GOES 9 | Kosmos 2312 | USA-111 | Kosmos 2313 | DirecTV-3 | STEP-3 | STS-71 | Kosmos 2314 | Kosmos 2315 | Helios 1A * Cerise * UPMSat | USA-112 | STS-70 (TDRS-7) | Progress M-28 | Kosmos 2316 * Kosmos 2317 * Kosmos 2318 | USA-113 | Interbol 1 * Maigon 4 | PAS-4 | Koreasat 1 | Molniya 3-59 | GEMStar 1 | JCSAT-3 | N-STAR a | Kosmos 2319 | Sich-1 * FASat-Alfa | Soyuz TM-22 | STS-69 (SPARTAN-201 * WSF) | Telstar 402R | Resurs-F2 #10 | Kosmos 2320 | Kosmos 2321 | Progress M-29 | Luch-1 | Astra 1E | STS-73 | USA-114 | METEOR | Kosmos 2322 | Radarsat-1 * SURFSAT | USA-115 | STS-74 (SO) | ISO | Gals 2 | AsiaSat 2 | SOHO | USA-116 | Télécom 2C * INSAT-2C | Kosmos 2323 * Kosmos 2324 * Kosmos 2325 | Galaxy 3R | Progress M-30 | Kosmos 2326 | IRS-1C * Skipper | EchoStar I | RXTE

Payloads are separated by bullets ( * ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in bold text. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in brackets.

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