Surf Wiki
Save to docs
general/1993-in-spaceflight

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1993 in spaceflight

none

none

FieldValue
year1993
imageAstronauts Musgrave and Hoffman during final STS-61 EVA (28127832695).jpg
captionAstronauts Story Musgrave and Jeffrey Hoffman repair the Hubble Space Telescope during STS-61.
first12 January
last22 December
total83
success78
failed5
partial0
maidensAriane 4 42L
Atlas IIAS
PSLV
Start-1
orbital9
totalcrew47
firstsat

Atlas IIAS PSLV Start-1

The following is an outline of 1993 in spaceflight.

First Hubble repair mission

Orbital launches

January

|- |d-date=15 November 2005 |d-date=19 January |d-time=13:37:47 |d-date=25 March |d-date=22 July

February

|- |decommissioned on 6 August 2003 |d-date=2 March 2001 |d-date=27 March

March

|- |d-date=10 December 1994 |d-date=3 March 1994

April

|- |d-date=7 June |d-date = 8 March 2022 |o-span=3 |d-date=17 April |d-time=11:37:19 |d-span=3 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=25 January 2004 |o-span=2 |d-date=6 May |d-time=14:30 |d-span=2 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=6 May |d-date=18 March 1995

May

|- |d-date=20 June |d-date=4 July |d-date=27 May

June

|- |d-date=10 February 2009 |o-span=2 |d-date=1 July |d-time=12:52 |d-span=2 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=12 July

July

|- |d-date=14 January 1994 |d-date=8 June 1995 |d-date=25 July |d-date=5 August

August

|- |o-span=4 |d-time=T+101 seconds |d-span=4 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date = 31 December 2013 |d-date=13 October |d-date=10 September

September

|- |d-date=18 December |o-span=2 |d-date=22 September |d-time=07:56 |d-span=2 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=7 August 1995 |d-date=20 September

October

|- |d-date=5 October |d-date=28 October |d-date=21 November |o-span=3 |d-date=1 November |d-span=3 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=11 August 2003

November

|- |d-date=28 December 1994

December

|- |d-date=13 December |}

Suborbital launches

January

|- |d-date=28 January

February

|- |d-date=5 February |d-date=7 February |d-date=8 February |d-date=11 February |d-date=18 February |d-date=19 February |d-date=19 February |d-date=19 February |d-date=25 February |d-date=26 February

March

|- |d-date=2 March |d-date=8 March |d-date=10 March |d-date=10 March |d-date=16 March |d-date=22 March

April

|- |d-date=2 April |d-date=12 April |d-date=17 April |d-date=19 April

May

|- |d-date=1 May |d-date=6 May |d-date=14 May |d-date=19 May |d-date=23 May |d-date=26 May |d-date=28 May |d-date=29 May |d-date=29 May |d-date=29 May |d-date=30 May

June

|- |d-date=15 June |d-date=16 June |d-date=22 June |d-time=L+1 hour

July

|- |d-date=2 July |d-date=7 July |d-date=7 July |d-date=14 July |d-date=22 July |d-date=23 July |d-date=27 July |d-date=28 July |d-date=30 July

August

|- |d-date=1 August |d-date=2 August |d-date=2 August |d-date=2 August |d-date=2 August |d-date=2 August |d-date=17 August |d-date=20 August |d-date=25 August |d-date=28 August |d-date=31 August

September

|- |d-date=10 September |d-date=13 September |d-date=15 September |d-date=16 September

October

|- |d-date=4 October |d-date=4 October |d-date=8 October |d-date=21 October |d-date=26 October

November

|- |d-date=L+1 hour |d-date=3 November |d-date=4 November |d-date=17 November |d-date=18 November |d-date=26 November |d-date=29 November |d-date=30 November

December

|- |d-date=17 December |d-date=L+1 hour |}

Deep Space Rendezvous

Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks
10 AprilHitenCrashed intentionally on the Moon
22 AugustMars ObserverLost contact prior to orbit insertion
28 AugustGalileoFlyby of 243 IdaClosest approach: 2400 km

EVAs

Start date/timeDurationEnd timeSpacecraftCrewRemarks
17 January4 hours
28 minutesSTS-54
USAGregory J. Harbaugh
USAMario Runco, Jr.Tested space station construction techniques and mobility techniques.
19 April
17:155 hours
25 minutes22:40Mir EO-13
Kvant-2RUSGennadi Manakov
RUSAleksandr PoleshchukUsed the Strela boom to install an electric motor on the Kvant-1 module for solar arrays originally installed on the Kristall module. After the installation, Poleshchuk noticed that one of the handles on the Strela boom had become loose and drifted away from Mir. The loss of the Strela handle meant the next EVA would have to be delayed until a new handle could be lifted to orbit the next Progress supply launch.
18 June
17:254 hours
33 minutes21:58Mir EO-13
Kvant-2RUSGennadi Manakov
RUSAleksandr PoleschukAfter receiving the replacement part, Manakov and Poleshchuk first repaired the Strela boom and then installed the second electric drive for the solar array.
25 June5 hours
50 minutesSTS-57
EndeavourUSAG. David Low
USAPeter WisoffHelped secure the antenna on the captured EURECA satellite in its stored position for return to Earth. Then both spacewalkers practiced construction maneuvers on the RMS.
16 September
05:574 hours
18 minutes10:16Mir EO-14
Kvant-2RUSVasily Tsibliyev
RUSAleksandr SerebrovBegan assembly of the experimental Rapana truss structure.
16 September
08:407 hours
5 minutes15:45STS-51
USAJames H. Newman
USACarl E. WalzCarried out tests on tools, tethers, and a foot restraint system in anticipation of the repair of the Hubble Space Telescope. A stuck tool chest lid slowed the closeout of spacewalk for at least 45 minutes.
20 September
03:513 hours
13 minutes07:05Mir EO-14
Kvant-2RUSVasily Tsibliyev
RUSAleksandr SerebrovCompleted assembly of the Rapana truss.
28 September
00:571 hour
52 minutes02:48Mir EO-14
Kvant-2RUSVasily Tsibliyev
RUSAleksandr SerebrovInspected the Mir exterior for damage from the recent Perseid meteoroid shower. The most notable damage they found was a 5 mm hole on one of the solar arrays.
22 October
15:4738 minutes16:25Mir EO-14
Kvant-2RUSVasily Tsibliyev
RUSAleksandr SerebrovContinued their inspection of the Mir exterior for damage from the Perseids.
29 October
13:384 hours
12 minutes17:50Mir EO-14
Kvant-2RUSVasily Tsibliyev
RUSAleksandr SerebrovCompleted their inspection of the entire outer surface of the Mir. They observed several marks on the hull, there were no complete penetrations. The spacewalking team did notice an unidentified piece of metal drifting by the orbital complex during their inspections.
5 December
03:447 hours
54 minutes11:38STS-61
EndeavourUSAStory Musgrave
USAJeffrey A. HoffmanHST servicing: Replaced two sets of gryoscopes and electrical control units, as well as a set of eight fuses. The spacewalks had considerable difficulty closing the latches on the doors due to thermal expansion of the closure bolts. Before re-entering the shuttle, the team prepared the payload bay for the next EVA.
6 December
03:296 hours
36 minutes10:05STS-61
EndeavourUSAKathryn C. Thornton
USAThomas AkersHST servicing: Thorton rode the RMS to handle the solar arrays while Akers made the cable connections as the team replaced two solar arrays on Hubble. One array was discarded into space, and one array was furled and stowed for return to earth.
7 December
03:356 hours
47 minutes10:22STS-61
EndeavourUSAStory Musgrave
USAJeffrey A. HoffmanHST servicing: Replaced the WFPC with WFPC 2 and two magnetometers.
8 December
03:137 hours
21 minutes10:03STS-61
EndeavourUSAKathryn C. Thornton
USAThomas AkersHST servicing: Replaced Hubble's High Speed Photometer (HSP) with the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR). This replacement fixed the spherical aberration in Hubble's mirror. The HSP was stowed for return to earth.
9 December
03:307 hours
21 minutes10:51STS-61
EndeavourUSAStory Musgrave
USAJeffrey A. HoffmanHST servicing: Replaced the electronics for the solar array drive motors. They also placed some made-on-Endeavour covers over the new magnetometers to protect them from debris.

References

Footnotes

References

  1. "Launch Log".
  2. NASA. (2007-11-23). "NASA – STS-54". National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
  3. (8 March 2022). "COSMOS 2241". N2YO.com.
  4. NASA. (2007-11-23). "NASA – STS-56". National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
  5. NASA. (2007-11-23). "NASA – STS-55". National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
  6. Iannotta, Becky. (2009-02-11). "U.S. Satellite Destroyed in Space Collision". Space.com.
  7. NASA. (2007-11-23). "NASA – STS-57". National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
  8. "NOTICE ADVISORY TO NAVSTAR USERS (NANU) 2013027". United States Coast Guard.
  9. (17 April 2022). "General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects R-27".
  10. (16 April 2022). "General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects R-29".
  11. (2008). "Space Shuttle Flight 53 (STS-54)". NASA.
  12. Dumoulin, Jim. (2001). "STS-57 (56)". NASA.
  13. Dumoulin, Jim. (2001). "STS-51 (57)". NASA.
  14. Dumoulin, Jim. (2001). "STS-61 (59)". NASA.
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1993-in-spaceflight spaceflight-by-year
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1993 in spaceflight — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report