STS-56
Sign in to saveSTS-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
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- Components of the ATLAS-2 laboratory in the payload bay of Discovery
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Scientific research
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- 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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Article
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- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- Gallery
- See also
- References
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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.
== Crew ==