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<tr><th>Orbit altitude:</th><td>Classified</td></tr><tr><th>Orbit inclination:</th><td>57.0 degrees</td></tr><tr><th>Distance traveled:</th><td>1,820,000 miles (2,929,000 km)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align: center">Crew photo</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">Image:Crew STS-27.jpg
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STS-27 <tr><th colspan="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" style="background:#FFDEAD; text-align: center">Mission insignia</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>

Mission statistics
Mission name:	STS-27 <tr><th>Shuttle:</th><td>Atlantis</td></tr><tr><th>Launch pad:</th><td>39-B</td></tr>
Launch:	December 2, 1988, 9:30:34 a.m. EST
Landing:	December 6, 1988, 3:36:11 p.m. PST
Duration:	4 days, 9 hours, 5 minutes, 37 seconds

Previous mission	Next mission
STS-26	STS-29

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STS-27 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the 27th shuttle mission, and the 3rd for Atlantis, 2nd after the Challenger disaster. It carried a payload for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Contents 1 Crew 2 Mission parameters 3 Mission highlights 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Crew

(total flights to date in parentheses)

• Robert L. Gibson (3), Commander
• Guy S. Gardner (1), Pilot
• Richard M. Mullane (2), Mission Specialist
• Jerry L. Ross (2), Mission Specialist:
• William M. Shepherd (1), Mission Specialist:

[edit] Mission parameters

• Mass: 14,500? kg Payload: Lacrosse 1 (radar reconnaissance) satellite
• Perigee: 437 km
• Apogee: 447 km
• Inclination: 57°
• Period: 93.4 min

[edit] Mission highlights

The Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104), at the time the youngest in NASA's fleet, made its third flight in a classified mission for the Department of Defense (DoD).

It was the 27th Space Shuttle mission. Launch was originally scheduled Dec. 1, but was postponed one day because of cloud cover and strong wind conditions. Liftoff from Pad B, Launch Complex 39, KSC, on Dec. 2 was at 9:30 a.m. EST. The Orbiter Atlantis touched down Dec. 6 at Runway 17, Edwards AFB, CA, at 6:35 p.m. EST. The total mission elapsed time (wheels stop) was 4 days, 9 hours and 6 minutes.

The orbiter's Thermal Protection System tiles sustained more-than-normal damage during the flight. A review panel investigating the damage found that the most probable cause was ablative insulating material from the right-hand solid rocket booster nose cap hitting the orbiter about 85 seconds into the flight.

Also, one of the main engines' turbopumps was found to be cracked after the flight.

[edit] See also

• Space science
• Space shuttle
• List of space shuttle missions
• List of human spaceflights chronologically

[edit] External links

• NASA mission summary

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