STS-56

STS-56 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission to perform special experiments. It was Discovery's 16th flight. The mission was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on April 8, 1993.

Key facts

Spaceflight.name: STS-56
Spaceflight.names_list: Space Transportation System-56
Spaceflight.image: STS056-91-054 - Payload bay view with ATLAS pallet (Retouched).jpg
Spaceflight.image_caption: Components of the ATLAS-2 laboratory in the payload bay of Discovery
Spaceflight.mission_type: Scientific research
Spaceflight.operator: NASA
Spaceflight.orbits_completed: 148
Spaceflight.crew_size: 5
Spaceflight.launch_date: UTC (1:29amEDT)
Spaceflight.launch_site: Kennedy, LC-39B
Spaceflight.launch_contractor: Rockwell International
Spaceflight.landing_date: UTC (7:37:19amEDT)
Spaceflight.landing_site: Kennedy, SLF Runway 33
Spaceflight.orbit_reference: Geocentric orbit
Spaceflight.orbit_regime: Low Earth orbit
Spaceflight.orbit_inclination: 57.00°
Spaceflight.orbit_period: 90.40 minutes
Spaceflight.apsis: gee

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Wikidata facts

Duration: 799704
Mass: 7026
Orbital period: 90.4
Image: STS056-91-054 - Payload bay view with ATLAS pallet (Retouched).jpg

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Commons category: STS-56
UTC date of spacecraft launch: 1993-04-08
orbits completed: 148
UTC date of spacecraft landing: 1993-04-17
Commons gallery: STS-56
orbital inclination: 57.0
periapsis: 291
apoapsis: 299

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Crew
Crew seat assignments
Mission highlights
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STS-56 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission to perform special experiments. It was Discovery's 16th flight. The mission was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on April 8, 1993.

== Crew ==