1995 · Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-70
successSpace Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-70
STS-70 was the 21st flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery, and the last of 7 shuttle missions to carry a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). This was the first shuttle mission controlled from the new mission control center room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. STS-70 was also the first flight of the new Block 1 orbiter main engine, designed to improve both engine performance and safety.
Overview
- Date / time
- July 13, 1995 at 01:41 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39B
- Mission
- STS-70
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit