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STS-66: Mission highlights & Overview

STS-66 was a Space Shuttle program mission that was flown by the Space Shuttle Atlantis. STS-66 launched on November 3, 1994, at 11:59:43.060 am EDT from Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base on November 14, 1994, at 10:33:45 am EST.

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STS-66 topic overview

The analysis highlights Mission highlights and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around STS-66.

Related topics
17
Source areas
2
Connected nodes
19
Extracted relationships
56
Concept neighborhoods
16
Bridge connections
19

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Mission highlights · 11 topics
Overview · 6 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Apogee altitude
310 kilometres (190 mi)
COSPAR ID
1994-073A
Crew size
6
Distance travelled
7,330,226 kilometers (4,554,791 mi)
Inclination
57.0 degrees
Landing date
November 14, 1994, 15:33:45 (1994-11-14UTC15:33:46Z) UTC

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Mission highlights

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How STS-66 connects Entity context

The extracted context around STS-66 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, STS-66 → Antarctic, Applications, ATLAS-03, Atmosphere, CRISTA, CRISTA-SPAS, Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometer Telescope, Discovery, Earth's, German, In, It, Mounted, Northern Hemisphere's, Sciences, Shuttle, Shuttle Pallet Satellite, Spacelab, The, The ATLAS-03 Another extracted example is STS-66 → Archived July, Archived March, NASA, National Aeronautics, Space Administration, Wayback Machine This, Wayback MachineSTS-66 Video Highlights. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

STS-66

Top relations

related to Mission highlights · 22
STS-66 → Antarctic, Applications, ATLAS-03, Atmosphere, CRISTA, CRISTA-SPAS, Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometer Telescope, Discovery, Earth's, German, In, It, Mounted, Northern Hemisphere's, Sciences, Shuttle, Shuttle Pallet Satellite, Spacelab, The, The ATLAS-03
related to External links · 7
STS-66 → Archived July, Archived March, NASA, National Aeronautics, Space Administration, Wayback Machine This, Wayback MachineSTS-66 Video Highlights
Members · 6
STS-66 → Curtis L. Brown, Jr., Donald R. McMonagle, Ellen Ochoa, Jean-François Clervoy, Joseph R. Tanner, Scott E. Parazynski
Apogee altitude · 1
STS-66 → 310 kilometres (190 mi)
COSPAR ID · 1
STS-66 → 1994-073A
Crew size · 1
STS-66 → 6
Distance travelled · 1
STS-66 → 7,330,226 kilometers (4,554,791 mi)
Inclination · 1
STS-66 → 57.0 degrees
Landing date · 1
STS-66 → November 14, 1994, 15:33:45 (1994-11-14UTC15:33:46Z) UTC
Landing site · 1
STS-66 → Edwards, Runway 22

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

mission space shuttle atmosphere atlantis payload crista-spas mi ozone atmospheric flights system also atlas-3 bay research kilometres mcmonagle brown tanner

STS-66 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 56 structured relationships around STS-66. Examples in this analysis include STS-66 → Apogee altitude → 310 kilometres (190 mi) and STS-66 → COSPAR ID → 1994-073A. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
STS-66Apogee altitude310 kilometres (190 mi)1.00infobox
STS-66COSPAR ID1994-073A1.00infobox
STS-66Crew size61.00infobox
STS-66Distance travelled7,330,226 kilometers (4,554,791 mi)1.00infobox
STS-66Inclination57.0 degrees1.00infobox
STS-66Landing dateNovember 14, 1994, 15:33:45 (1994-11-14UTC15:33:46Z) UTC1.00infobox
STS-66Landing siteEdwards, Runway 221.00infobox
STS-66Launch dateNovember 3, 1994, 16:59:43.060 (1994-11-03UTC16:59:43Z) UTC1.00infobox
STS-66Launch siteKennedy, LC-39B1.00infobox
STS-66MembersDonald R. McMonagle1.00infobox
STS-66MembersCurtis L. Brown, Jr.1.00infobox
STS-66MembersEllen Ochoa1.00infobox
STS-66MembersJoseph R. Tanner1.00infobox
STS-66MembersJean-François Clervoy1.00infobox
STS-66MembersScott E. Parazynski1.00infobox
STS-66Mission duration10 days, 22 hours, 34 minutes, 2 seconds1.00infobox
STS-66Mission typeResearch1.00infobox
STS-66NamesSpace Transportation System-661.00infobox
STS-66OperatorNASA1.00infobox
STS-66Orbits completed1741.00infobox
STS-66Payload mass10,544 kilograms (23,246 lb)1.00infobox
STS-66Perigee altitude296 kilometres (184 mi)1.00infobox
STS-66Period90.6 minutes1.00infobox
STS-66Reference systemGeocentric1.00infobox
STS-66RegimeLow Earth1.00infobox
STS-66SATCAT no.233401.00infobox
STS-66SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Atlantis1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around STS-66 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include System, Atlas-03 and Brown. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • space shuttle program
    • Sts-66
    • Mission
    • Payload
    • Atlantis
    • Edwards
    • Kennedy
    • Launch
    • Shuttle
    • Space
    • System
    • Atlas-03
    • Bay
  • space shuttle
    • Sts-66
    • Mission
    • Payload
    • Atlantis
    • Shuttle
    • Space
    • System
    • Bay
    • Measurements
    • Flights
    • Mi
    • Kennedy
  • kennedy space center
    • Launch
    • Sts-66
    • Mission
    • Atlantis
    • Edwards
    • November
    • Program
    • Shuttle
    • Payload
    • System
    • Atlas-03
    • Brown
  • shuttle pallet satellite
    • Payload
    • Space
    • Mission
    • Sts-66
    • Bay
    • Measurements
    • Flights
    • Mi
    • Atlantis
    • Program
    • Atmosphere
    • Atlas-03
  • millimeter wave atmospheric sounder
    • Instrument
    • Kilometres
    • Measurements
    • Ozone
    • Flights
    • Mi
    • Edwards
    • Kennedy
    • Launch
    • Program
    • Atlas-03
    • Brown
  • hubble space telescope
    • Sts-66
    • Mission
    • Atlantis
    • Shuttle
    • Payload
    • System
    • Kennedy
    • Launch
    • Program
    • Crew
    • Also
    • Mi
  • mission highlights
    • Space
    • Atlantis
    • Shuttle
    • Sts-66
    • Atlas-03
    • Crew
    • System
    • Crista-spas
    • Payload
    • Program
    • Atlas-3
    • Research
  • upper atmosphere research satellite
    • Middle
    • Measurements
    • First
    • Instrument
    • Ozone
    • Earth's
    • Energy
    • Included
    • Launched
    • Atmosphere
    • Research
    • Shuttle

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For STS-66, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects STS-66 with Mission highlights. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
STS-66Mission highlights · splits 8 ⟂ 12
STS-66Overview · splits 13 ⟂ 7

Map overview Semantic statistics

STS-66

Nodes20
Edges19
Triples56
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.1
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around STS-66 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Mission highlights & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — STS-66 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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