STS-50
Sign in to saveSTS-50 (U.S. Microgravity Laboratory-1) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, the 12th mission of the Columbia orbiter. Columbia landed at Kennedy Space Center for the first time ever due to bad weather at Edwards Air Force Base caused by the remnants of Hurricane Darby.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-50
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-50
- Spaceflight.image
- Spacelab Module in Cargo Bay.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Spacelab Module LM1 in Columbias payload bay, serving as the United States Microgravity Laboratory.
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- USML-1 microgravity research
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 221
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 7
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (12:12:23pmEDT)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (7:42:27amEDT)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Kennedy, SLF Runway 33
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 28.46°
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 90.60 minutes
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 1193404
- Mass
- 12101
- Orbital period
- 90.6
- Image
- Spacelab Module in Cargo Bay.jpg
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- STS-50
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1992-06-25
- orbits completed
- 221
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1992-07-09
- Commons gallery
- STS-50
- orbital inclination
- 28.45
- periapsis
- 302
- apoapsis
- 309
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13 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- Major mission accomplishments
- Spacelab experiments
- Mid-deck microgravity experiments
- Extended duration orbiter (EDO)
- Other payloads
- Mission insignia
- Impacts with debris and micrometeoroids
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-50 (U.S. Microgravity Laboratory-1) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, the 12th mission of the Columbia orbiter. Columbia landed at Kennedy Space Center for the first time ever due to bad weather at Edwards Air Force Base caused by the remnants of Hurricane Darby.
== Crew ==
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