1996 · Lockheed Martin Space Operations
STS-78
successSpace Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-78
STS-78 was the fifth dedicated Life and Microgravity Spacelab mission for the Space Shuttle program, flown partly in preparation for the International Space Station project. The mission used the Space Shuttle Columbia, which lifted off successfully from Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39-B on 20 June 1996.
Overview
- Date / time
- June 20, 1996 at 02:49 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39B
- Mission
- STS-78
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit