STS-58
Sign in to saveSTS-58 was a NASA mission flown by Space Shuttle Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 18, 1993. The missions was primarily devoted to experiments concerning the physiological effects in space. This was the first in-flight use of the "Portable In-flight Landing Operations Trainer" (PILOT) simulation software. It was also the last time Columbia would land at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The mission also attracted controversy for experiments involving the dissection of live rats in space.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-58
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-58Spacelab Life Sciences-2
- Spaceflight.image
- STS058-92-064.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Spacelab module LM2 in Columbias payload bay, serving as the Spacelab Life Sciences-2 laboratory
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Bioscience research
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 225
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 7
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (10:53:10amEDT)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39B
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (7:05:42amPST)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Edwards, Runway22
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 39°
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 90.3 minutes
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
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- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- See also
- References
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STS-58 was a NASA mission flown by Space Shuttle Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 18, 1993. The missions was primarily devoted to experiments concerning the physiological effects in space. This was the first in-flight use of the "Portable In-flight Landing Operations Trainer" (PILOT) simulation software. It was also the last time Columbia would land at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The mission also attracted controversy for experiments involving the dissection of live rats in space.
== Crew ==