STS-55
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STS-55, or Deutschland 2 (D-2), was the 55th overall flight of the NASA Space Shuttle and the 14th flight of Shuttle Columbia. This flight was a multinational Spacelab flight involving 88 experiments from eleven different nations. The experiments ranged from biology sciences to simple Earth observations.
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- Spaceflight.name
- STS-55
- Spaceflight.image
- STS-55 Spacelab.jpg
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- Spacelab Module LM1 in Columbias payload bay, serving as the Spacelab D-2 laboratory
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-55Spacelab D-2
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Microgravity research
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA and DLR
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 160
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 7
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (10:50amEDT)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (7:29:59amPDT)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Edwards, Runway22
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 28.45°
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 90.70 minutes
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
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- Duration
- 862799
- Mass
- 11539
- Orbital period
- 90.7
- Image
- STS-55 Spacelab.jpg
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- orbits completed
- 160
- Commons category
- STS-55
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1993-04-26
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1993-05-06
- Commons gallery
- STS-55
- orbital inclination
- 28.45
- periapsis
- 304
- apoapsis
- 312
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STS-55, or Deutschland 2 (D-2), was the 55th overall flight of the NASA Space Shuttle and the 14th flight of Shuttle Columbia. This flight was a multinational Spacelab flight involving 88 experiments from eleven different nations. The experiments ranged from biology sciences to simple Earth observations.
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