STS-42
Sign in to saveSTS-42 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission with the Spacelab module. Liftoff was originally scheduled for 8:45 EST (13:45 UTC) on January 22, 1992, but the launch was delayed due to weather constraints. Discovery successfully lifted off an hour later at 9:52:33 EST (14:52:33 UTC) on her 14th flight. The main goal of the mission was to study the effects of microgravity on a variety of organisms. The shuttle landed at 8:07:17 PST (16:07:17 UTC) on January 30, 1992, on Runway 22, Edwards Air Force Base, California. STS-42 was the first of two flights in 1992 of Discovery, the second of whi
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-42
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-42
- Spaceflight.image
- STS-42 view of payload bay.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Spacelab Module LM2 in Discoverys payload bay, serving as the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML).
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- International Microgravity Laboratory-1
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 129
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 7
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (9:52:33amEDT)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (8:07:17amPDT)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Edwards, Runway22
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 90.50 minutes
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 57.00°
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 695684
- Mass
- 13066
- Orbital period
- 90.5
- Image
- STS-42 view of payload bay.jpg
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- STS-42
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1992-01-22
- orbits completed
- 129
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1992-01-30
- Commons gallery
- STS-42
- orbital inclination
- 57.0
- periapsis
- 291
- apoapsis
- 307
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- Crew
- Backup crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- Mission insignia
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STS-42 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission with the Spacelab module. Liftoff was originally scheduled for 8:45 EST (13:45 UTC) on January 22, 1992, but the launch was delayed due to weather constraints. Discovery successfully lifted off an hour later at 9:52:33 EST (14:52:33 UTC) on her 14th flight. The main goal of the mission was to study the effects of microgravity on a variety of organisms. The shuttle landed at 8:07:17 PST (16:07:17 UTC) on January 30, 1992, on Runway 22, Edwards Air Force Base, California. STS-42 was the first of two flights in 1992 of Discovery, the second of which occurred during STS-53, which launched on December 2, 1992. The mission was also the last mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery to have a seven-member crew until STS-82, which was launched on February 11, 1997.
== Crew ==