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STS-56
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STS-56 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission to perform special experiments. It was Discovery's 16th flight. The mission was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on April 8, 1993.

Key facts

Spaceflight.name
STS-56
Spaceflight.names_list
Space Transportation System-56
Spaceflight.image
STS056-91-054 - Payload bay view with ATLAS pallet (Retouched).jpg
Spaceflight.image_caption
Components of the ATLAS-2 laboratory in the payload bay of Discovery
Spaceflight.mission_type
Scientific research
Spaceflight.operator
NASA
Spaceflight.orbits_completed
148
Spaceflight.crew_size
5
Spaceflight.launch_date
UTC (1:29amEDT)
Spaceflight.launch_site
Kennedy, LC-39B
Spaceflight.launch_contractor
Rockwell International
Spaceflight.landing_date
UTC (7:37:19amEDT)
Spaceflight.landing_site
Kennedy, SLF Runway 33
Spaceflight.orbit_reference
Geocentric orbit
Spaceflight.orbit_regime
Low Earth orbit
Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
57.00°
Spaceflight.orbit_period
90.40 minutes
Spaceflight.apsis
gee

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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Crew
  • Crew seat assignments
  • Mission highlights
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

STS-56 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission to perform special experiments. It was Discovery's 16th flight. The mission was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on April 8, 1993.

== Crew ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “STS-56” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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