LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Tue Feb 11 1997
Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-82
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
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MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Astrophysics
- STS-82 was the 22nd flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the 82nd mission of the Space Shuttle program. It was NASA's second mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, during which Discovery's crew repaired and upgraded the telescope's scientific instruments, increasing its research capabilities and achieved the highest altitude ever attained by a STS Orbiter (335-nautical-mile (620 km)).
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Pad
Launch Complex 39A