STS-80 Flight Day 13

Abstract

On this thirteenth day of the STS-80 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Kenneth D. Cockrell, Pilot Kent V. Rominger, Mission Specialists, Tamara E. Jernigan, Thomas D. Jones, and F. Story Musgrave, are notified that the remaining spacewalks for the mission are to be canceled following extensive ground analysis and testing of the airlock hatch. Mission managers could not conclusively identify the problem that was causing the hatch to jam, and decided not to risk unnecessary damage to the hatch or seals.