![]() Components of the ATLAS-2 laboratory in the payload bay of Discovery | |
Names | Space Transportation System-56 |
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Mission type | Scientific research |
Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1993-023A |
SATCAT no. | 22621![]() |
Mission duration | 9 days, 6 hours, 8 minutes, 19 seconds |
Distance travelled | 6,202,407 km (3,853,997 mi) |
Orbits completed | 148 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Discovery |
Landing mass | 93,683 kg (206,536 lb) |
Payload mass | 7,026 kg (15,490 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 5 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | April 8, 1993, 05:29:00 UTC (1:29 am EDT) |
Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39B |
Contractor | Rockwell International |
End of mission | |
Landing date | April 17, 1993, 11:37:19 UTC (7:37:19 am EDT) |
Landing site | Kennedy, SLF Runway 33 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Periapsis altitude | 291 km (181 mi) |
Apoapsis altitude | 299 km (186 mi) |
Inclination | 57.00° |
Period | 90.40 minutes |
Instruments | |
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![]() STS-56 mission patch ![]() Standing: Cockrell, Foale, Ochoa Seated: Oswald, Cameron |
STS-56 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission to perform special experiments. The mission was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on April 8, 1993.