The space shuttle Endeavour STS-47 was a unified mission between the United States (NASA) and Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA). The missions sole purpose involved conducting experiments in life and material sciences. The mission began September 12, 1992 and was completed September 20, 1992. The eight-day mission was completed in one-hundred and twenty-seven orbits around the Earth and included forty-four Japanese and U.S life science and materials processing experiments. Among the scientists that were selected by NASA to conduct experiments on mission STS-47 included the first African-american woman to fly into space, the first Japanese astronaut, and as well as the first married couple to fly into space. Dr. Jemison was the head science mission specialist and the co-investigator on the bone-cell research experiment that was experimented on aboard STS-47. The Endeavour and crew launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida (September 12, 1992). Dr. Jemison logged one-hundred ninety hours, twenty minutes, and twenty-three seconds in space. Marking her first space flight. 

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Mission Details

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Mission: Space lab-J

Space Shuttle: Endeavour

Launch Pad: 39B

Launch Weight: 258,679 lbs

Launched: Sept 12, 1992, 10:23:00 a.m EDT

Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, FL

Landing: Sept 20, 1992, 8:53:23 a.m. EDT

Landing Weight: 218,854 lbs

Runway: 33

Roll-out Distance: 8,567 ft

Roll-out Time: 51 seconds

Revolution: 126

Mission Duration: 7 days, 22 hours, 30 minutes, 23 seconds

Orbit Altitude: 166 nautical miles

Orbit Inclination: 57 degrees

Miles Traveled: 3.3 million

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