LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Fri Feb 03 1995
Lockheed Space Operations Company

STS-63

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(5:22 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(5:22 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(5:22 AM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Space Shuttle

Description:

Space Shuttle rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Human Exploration
  • STS-63 was the first mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried out the first rendezvous of the American Space Shuttle with Russia's space station Mir. Known as the 'Near-Mir' mission, the flight used Space Shuttle Discovery, which lifted off from launch pad 39B on 3 February 1995 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 39B