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Flight Plan (Flight Duration : 15days, 21hours, 50minutes)

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	Launch Pad 39B NASA Kennedy Space Center
	Lift Off ! <EDT> 02:19 p.m. April 17. Maximum 3G force on astronauts
	Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) burn out and separation 2minutes after liftoff Altitude 45km
	External Tank Separation 9 minutes after liftoff
	Orbit Insertion Altitude 280km Inclination 28.50o Shuttle will circle the Earth in 90 minutes
	Experiments to be conducted on board. Chronic Recording of Otolith Nerves in Microgravity Development of the Aortic Baroreflex under Conditions of Microgravity Neural-Thyroid Interaction on Skeletal Isomyosin Expression in OG Spatial Orientation of the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex and Velocity Storage Autonomic Neuroplasticity in Weightlessness
	Entry into Earth's atmosphere Approximately 30 minutes before landing
	Landing NASA Kennedy Space Center <EDT> About 12:09 p.m., May 3

Last Updated : April 17, 1998

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