STS-80
Launched: November 19, 1996, 2:55:47 p.m. EST
Landing: December 7, 1996, 6:49:05 a.m. EST, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Crew: Kenneth D. Cockrell (Commander), Kent V. Rominger (Pilot), Tamara E. Jernigan (Mission Specialist), Thomas D. Jones (Mission Specialist) and F. Story Musgrave (Mission Specialist).
STS-80 was the final shuttle flight of 1996 and was highlighted by the successful deployment, operation and retrieval of two free-flying research spacecraft. The two planned extravehicular activities (EVAs) were canceled during the mission because the crew could not open the outer airlock hatch.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: STS080-S-001
Date: August 1996
STS-80
Launched: November 19, 1996, 2:55:47 p.m. EST
Landing: December 7, 1996, 6:49:05 a.m. EST, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Space Shuttle: Columbia
Crew: Kenneth D. Cockrell (Commander), Kent V. Rominger (Pilot), Tamara E. Jernigan (Mission Specialist), Thomas D. Jones (Mission Specialist) and F. Story Musgrave (Mission Specialist).
STS-80 was the final shuttle flight of 1996 and was highlighted by the successful deployment, operation and retrieval of two free-flying research spacecraft. The two planned extravehicular activities (EVAs) were canceled during the mission because the crew could not open the outer airlock hatch.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: STS080-S-001
Date: August 1996