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1997 in spaceflight

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FieldValue
year1997
imageCassini-Huygens launch.jpg
captionLaunch of the Cassini and Huygens spacecraft on a Titan IVB
first12 January
last24 December
total89
success83
failed3
partial3
catalogued86
maidensM-V
Titan IVB
VLS-1
Taepodong-1
retiredAtlas I
orbital10
totalcrew51
firstsatPhilippines

Titan IVB VLS-1 Taepodong-1

This article outlines notable events occurring in 1997 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.

Cassini–Huygens launch

Orbital launches

January

|- |o-span=2 |d-date=22 January |d-time=14:23 |d-span=2 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-time=+12 seconds

February

|- |d-date=14 August |d-time=12:17 |d-date=21 February |d-time=08:32

March

|- |d-date=25 October 1999 Operational: Geosynchronous

April

|- Fuel cell failure caused the flight to be aborted. Re-flown as STS-94 later the same year. |o-span=3 |d-date=8 April |d-time=18:33 |d-span=3 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=2 July |d-time=06:31 |d-date=2 October 2006 |d-date=26 February 2002 |d-date=20 May 2002 Graveyard (after retirement)

May

|- |d-date=24 November 2017 |d-date=23 December 2017 |o-span=2 |d-date=24 May |d-time=13:27 |d-span=2 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=18 September |d-time=+ 48 seconds

June

|- |d-date=2 September 2018 |d-date=11 March 2003 |d-date=6 October 2018 |d-date=29 April 2018

July

|- Final flight of Spacelab Long Module 1 |o-span=3 |d-date=17 July |d-time=10:40 |d-span=3 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=7 October |d-time=17:23 |d-date=14 October 2018 |d-date=19 August 2018

August

|- |d-date=19 February 1998 |d-time=09:10 CRISTA-SPAS deployed 7 August and retrieved 16 August |o-span=3 |d-date=19 August |d-time=11:08 |d-span=3 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=14 May 2018 |d-date=11 May 2019 |d-date=28 March 2018 |d-date=29 September

September

|- |d-date=10 March 2019 |d-date=10 February 2009 |d-date=1 February 2002 |d-date=28 September 2017 |d-date=20 December 2018 |o-span=2 |d-date=6 October |d-time=21:55 |d-span=2 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=7 April 2018 |d-date=26 May 2018 |d-date=26 December 2018 |d-date=8 January 2018

October

|- |d-date=19 December |d-time=13:20 |d-date=21 May 1998 |d-date=2 October 1998 |d-date=23 October Huygens released from Cassini on 25 December 2004. |d-date=15 September 2017 |d-time=10:31 |d-date=14 January 2005 |d-time=12:43 |d-date=31 March 2001 |d-date=27 September 1998

November

|- |d-date=2 November |d-date=11 February 2018 |d-date=28 July 2018 |d-date=23 September 2018 |d-date=13 December Spartan failed to orient itself due to human error during deployment on 21 November; was retrieved on 25 November. |d-date=5 December |d-time=12:20 |d-span=3 |d-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-date=16 June 2015 |d-time=06:55 |d-date=13 November 2015 |d-date=13 November 2015

December

|- Operational: Geosynchronous |d-date=11 December 1999 |d-date=14 April 1998 |d-date=15 March 1998 |d-time=23:04 |d-date=1 September 2018 |d-date=5 May 2001 |d-date=13 February 2018 |d-date=27 July 2000 |}

Suborbital launches

January

|- |d-date=15 January |d-date=17 January |o-span=2 |d-date=29 January |d-span=2 |o-span=inherit |d-span=inherit |d-time=+28 seconds |d-date=30 January |d-date=30 January |d-date=31 January

February

|- |d-date=5 February |d-date=7 February |d-date=10 February |d-date=10 February |d-date=11 February |d-date=12 February |d-date=20 February |d-date=20 February |d-date=20 February |d-date=20 February |d-date=22 February |d-date=23 February |d-date=23 February |d-date=26 February

March

|- |d-date=1 March |d-date=6 March |d-date=6 March |d-date=13 March |d-date=18 March |d-date=18 March |d-date=19 March |d-date=25 March |d-date=30 March

April

|- |d-date=6 April |d-date=8 April |d-date=17 April |d-date=28 April |d-date=30 April

May

|- |d-date=2 May |d-date=8 May |d-date=8 May |d-date=15 May |d-date=21 May |d-date=23 May |d-date=29 May |d-date=30 May

June

|- |d-date=10 June |d-date=18 June |d-date=24 June |d-date=24 June

July

|- |d-date=8 July |d-date=9 July |d-date=23 July

August

|- |d-date=8 August |d-date=8 August |d-date=8 August |d-date=9 August |d-date=9 August |d-date=10 August |d-date=10 August |d-date=11 August |d-date=11 August |d-date=11 August |d-date=11 August |d-date=12 August |d-date=12 August |d-date=12 August |d-date=12 August |d-date=13 August |d-date=13 August |d-date=13 August |d-date=14 August |d-date=14 August |d-date=14 August |d-date=15 August |d-date=15 August

September

|- |d-date=2 September |d-date=5 September |d-date=10 September |d-date=10 September |d-date=10 September |d-date=11 September |d-date=17 September |d-date=19 September |d-date=24 September |d-date=25 September |d-date=30 September

October

|- |d-date=3 October |d-date=4 October |d-date=10 October |d-date=10 October |d-date=12 October |d-date=16 October

November

|- |d-date=5 November |d-date=5 November |d-date=14 November |d-date=17 November |d-date=18 November |d-date=19 November

December

|- |d-date=2 December |d-date=3 December |d-date=18 December

|}

Deep-space rendezvous

Date (GMT)SpacecraftEventRemarks
20 FebruaryGalileo2nd flyby of Europa
5 AprilGalileo3rd flyby of Ganymede
7 MayGalileo4th flyby of Ganymede
25 JuneGalileo2nd flyby of Callisto
27 JuneNEARFlyby of 253 MathildeClosest approach: 1200 km
4 JulyMars PathfinderLanded on MarsLocation: Ares Vallis; first Mars rover and rover on another planet
11 SeptemberMars Global SurveyorAreocentric orbit injection
17 SeptemberGalileo3rd flyby of Callisto
6 NovemberGalileo3rd flyby of Europa
16 DecemberGalileo4th flyby of Europa

[[Extravehicular activity|EVA]]s

Start date/timeDurationEnd timeSpacecraftCrewFunctionRemarks
14 February
04:346 hours
42 minutes11:16STS-82
USAMark C. Lee
USASteven SmithSwapped out the Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph for the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer and replaced the Faint Object Spectrograph with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph. Stowed the GHRS and FOS for return to Earth in the payload bay.Hubble Space Telescope servicing
15 February
03:257 hours
27 minutes10:52STS-82
DiscoveryUSAGregory J. Harbaugh
USAJoseph R. TannerReplaced a Fine Guidance Sensor and an Engineering and Science Tape Recorder with spare replacement units. Also installed the Optical Control Electronics Enhancement Kit.Hubble Space Telescope servicing
16 February
02:537 hours
11 minutes10:04STS-82
DiscoveryUSAMark C. Lee
USASteven SmithReplaced a Data Interface Unit with a spare unit and replaced a reel-to-reel tape drive Engineering and Science Tape Recorder with a solid-state digital version. Also replaced one of the four Reaction Wheel Assembly units that help point the telescope at targets.Hubble Space Telescope servicing
17 February
03:456 hours
34 minutes10:19STS-82
DiscoveryUSAGregory J. Harbaugh
USAJoseph R. TannerReplaced the Solar Array Drive Electronics package with a spare, also replaced the covers of the satellite's magnetometers. Installed thermal blankets over areas of degraded insulation.Hubble Space Telescope servicing
18 February
03:155 hours
17 minutes08:32STS-82
DiscoveryUSAMark C. Lee
USASteven SmithInstalled more thermal insulation on three more areas that had undergone degradation.Hubble Space Telescope servicing
29 April
05:104 hours
59 minutes10:09Mir EO-23
Kvant-2RUSVasily Tsibliyev
USAJerry M. LinengerInstalled the Optical Properties Monitor on the exterior of Kristall. Used the Strela crane to move to the Kvant-2 module. At Kvant-2 they retrieved two American experiments, the Partial Impact Experiment and the Mir Sample Experiment, from the Kvant-2 hull, and installed the Benton Radiation Dosimeter on Kvant-2.First use of the new Orlan-M space suit.
22 August
11:143 hours
16 minutes14:30Mir EO-24
Transfer compartment of DOS-7RUSAnatoly Solovyev
RUSPavel VinogradovReconnected power cabling to the Spektr solar arrays, thus restoring part of the power lost in the collision. Although the spacewalkers were able to recover equipment and supplies from the module, they were not able to find the puncture hole.Internal EVA to inspect the damaged Spektr module
6 September
01:076 hours07:07Mir EO-24
Kvant-2RUSAnatoly Solovyev
UK/USAMichael FoaleSolovyev rode the Strela crane operated by Foale on the base block to Spektr to inspect for damage. Although an extensive documentation and search of Spektr, he was unable to find the hole. Before he returned to the airlock, Foale collected the radiation dosimeter installed outside earlier.Foale became the first person to conduct EVAs in both American and Russian spacesuits.
1 October
17:295 hours
1 minute22:30STS-86
MirUSAScott E. Parazynski
RUSVladimir TitovRetrieved the four Mir Environmental Effects Packages from the docking module surface. Also installed the Solar Array Cap to the docking module, to be used to plug the hole in the Spektr module on a future EVA. To close out the EVA, the spacewalkers tested the Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue jet packs.
20 October
09:406 hours
38 minutes16:18Mir EO-24
Transfer compartment of DOS-7RUSAnatoly Solovyev
RUSPavel VinogradovAttempted to install three control cables between the solar array servo motors to the special adapter plate that seals Spektr from the rest of Mir. After cleaning up some of the debris and loose items in Spektr, Solovyev was able to connect the three cables to the servos. But even after an effort that extended into the "emergency oxygen supply" of the Orlan space suits, Solovyev was only able to connect two of the cables to the adapter plate.Internal EVA to repair the damaged Spektr module
3 November
03:326 hours
4 minutes09:36Mir EO-24
Kvant-2RUSAnatoly Solovyev
RUSPavel VinogradovReleased a minispunik (mini-satellite) into orbit. The spacewalkers then dismantled the old solar panel MSB-4 on Kvant-1. They stowed the panel on the outside of the base block.
6 November
00:126 hours
12 minutes06:24Mir EO-24
Kvant-2RUSAnatoly Solovyev
RUSPavel VinogradovInstalled a new solar array on Kvant-1 to replace the panel removed on their previous spacewalk.
25 November
00:027 hours
43 minutes07:45STS-87
USAWinston E. Scott
JPNTakao DoiCaptured the Spartan satellite by hand and secured it in the payload bay. Then the spacewalking team set up and tested a crane that will be used to construct the International Space Station.Doi became the first Japanese spacewalker.
3 December
09:094 hours
59 minutes14:09STS-87
ColumbiaUSAWinston E. Scott
JPNTakao DoiConducted more testing and evaluation of the crane in the payload bay. They repeated many of the same crane motion tests with smaller objects than in the earlier EVA. During the EVA a small free-flying video camera was deployed to record the work.

References

Footnotes

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  6. "IRIDIUM 10".
  7. "IRIDIUM 13".
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