# Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-63

**URL:** <https://www.forumastronautico.it/t/space-shuttle-discovery-ov-103-sts-63/32723>\
**Category:** Archivio lanci\
**Tags:** sts, lanci-lsoc, nasa, lanci-con-equipaggio, space-shuttle, discovery, lanci-1995\
**Created:** [2 Febbraio 1995, 5:22am UTC](https://www.forumastronautico.it/t/space-shuttle-discovery-ov-103-sts-63/32723 "1995-02-02T05:22:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [2 Febbraio 1995, 5:22am UTC](https://www.forumastronautico.it/t/space-shuttle-discovery-ov-103-sts-63/32723/1 "1995-02-02T05:22:04Z")

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> **Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-63**
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> **Starts:** 3 Febbraio 1995, 5:22am (Etc/UTC)\
> **Località:** www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/28.6271123/-80.6210150&layers=N\
> **Link:** <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPOZ6aE2zvQ>

### Patch della missione

 ![](https://discourse-data-fra.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/e/a/eafa04834469685567ecfc69cc83ff600c844e56.png)

### Informazioni sulla missione

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Lancio | 1995-02-03T05:22:04 |
| Esito | **SUCCESSO** |
| Tipo missione | Esplorazione umana |
| Orbita | Orbita bassa terrestre (LEO) |
| Rampa | Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA (USA) [🗺](http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.62711233&mlon=-80.62101503&zoom=20) |

### Equipaggio

| ↑↓ | Nome | &nbsp; | Affiliazione | Ruolo |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ↑↓ | [Michael Foale](https://www.forumastronautico.it/t/30858) | 🇺🇸 | NASA | Specialista di missione |
| ↑↓ | [Jim Wetherbee](https://www.forumastronautico.it/t/31501) | 🇺🇸 | NASA | Comandante |
| ↑↓ | [Bernard Harris](https://www.forumastronautico.it/t/31282) | 🇺🇸 | NASA | Specialista di missione |
| ↑↓ | [Janice E. Voss](https://www.forumastronautico.it/t/30805) | 🇺🇸 | NASA | Specialista di missione |
| ↑↓ | [Eileen Collins](https://www.forumastronautico.it/t/31523) | 🇺🇸 | NASA | Pilota |
| ↑↓ | [Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov](https://www.forumastronautico.it/t/31232) | 🇷🇺 | RFSA | Specialista di missione |

### Veicolo spaziale

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Nome | [Space Shuttle Discovery](https://www.forumastronautico.it/t/40076) seriale OV-103 |
| Destinazione | Mir |
| Configurazione | Space Shuttle |
| Trasporto equipaggi | Sì |
| Dimensioni | altezza 56,10 m  
diametro 8,70 m |
| Numero passeggeri | Fino a 7 persone |
| Capacità di carico | 27.500 kg |

### Lanciatore

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Nome | Space Shuttle[Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle) |
| Costruttore | National Aeronautics and Space Administration [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration) [Info](https://www.nasa.gov) |
| Fornitore servizi di lancio | Lockheed Space Operations Company Wiki Info |
| Primo volo | 1981-04-12 |
| Numero stadi | 2 |
| Altezza | 56,10 m |
| Diametro | 8,00 m |
| Peso al lancio | 2.030 t |
| Spinta al decollo | 28.200 kN |
| Capacità di carico | LEO: 27.500 kg  
GTO: - |
| Successi/Lanci totali | 133/135 (22 consecutivi) |
| Booster | None |

### Video

- Recap: [STS-63 launch & landing (2-3-95)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPOZ6aE2zvQ) (3210andLiftoff)

Ultimo aggiornamento: 2026-09-09T22:04:56 con AstronautiBOT 2026.09.07 - Fonte: [LaunchLibrary2 API](https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/5d37036b-122c-40fd-ae0b-dc12a881c214/?format=json)

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STS-63 was the first mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried out the first rendezvous of the American Space Shuttle with Russia’s space station Mir. Known as the ‘Near-Mir’ mission, the flight used Space Shuttle Discovery, which lifted off from launch pad 39B on 3 February 1995 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.