Cílem letu byl vynesení laboratoře Spacelab IML-2. Na oběžnou dráhu byly vyneseny medaky japonské, které se během mise staly prvními obratlovci rozmnožujícími se v prostředí mikrogravitace. [1 ]
The flight saw Atlantis dock with the Russian space station Mir to deliver equipment, supplies and to exchange personnel participating in long-duration stays aboard the station as part of the Shuttle–Mir program.
STS-108 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. Its primary objective was to deliver supplies to and help maintain the ISS.
It was mounted in an overhead window where limited field of view (FoV) and signal attenuation from the glass severely impacted receiver performance. [1 ] Full triple-redundant 3-string GPS would not happen until 14 years later with STS-118…
STS-65 was an international science mission that carried the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2) on a 15-day mission which featured the first animals (Japanese rice fish) to conceive and bear offspring in space. [1 ] [2 ] Columbia…
Postavila ho firma Rockwell International, Space Systems Group (nyní Boeing North American), Palmdale, CA (USA). Provozovatelem je NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX (USA) pro NASA Office of Space Flight, Washington, DC (USA).