Crew:
    Andrew M. Allen [3], Commander
    Scott J. Horowitz [1], Pilot
    Franklin R. Chang-Diaz [5], Payload Commander
    Maurizio Cheli [1], Mission Specialist (Italy/ESA)
    Jeffrey A. Hoffman [5], Mission Specialist
    Claude Nicollier [3], Mission Specialist (Switzerland/ESA)
    Umberto Guidoni [1], Payload Specialist (Italy/ASI)

Launch:
    Pad: 39-B (31)
    Date: 22 February 1996
    Time: 20:18:00 UTC

Orbit:
    Altitude: 160 nm (184 statute miles)
    Inclination: 28.45 degrees
    Orbits: 252
    Duration: 15 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes, 21 seconds
    Distance: 6.5 million miles

Landing:
    Location: Runway 33, Kennedy Space Center, FL (29)
    Date: 9 March 1996
    Time: 13:58:21 UTC
    Rollout: 1 minute, 4 seconds (2,578 meters, 8,459 feet)

Highlights:
    A tethered satellite, first flown on STS-46, was lost when the tether broke on the third day. The satellite was just short of a planned 12.8 mile (20.5 km) separation.