LAUNCH CENTER
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Success
Fri Feb 03 1995
Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-63
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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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
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Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
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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