STS-56
Sign in to saveSTS-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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Space Shuttle program
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- STS-55
- Follows
- STS-54
- Duration
- 799704
- Mass
- 7026
- Orbital period
- 90.4
- Image
- STS056-91-054 - Payload bay view with ATLAS pallet (Retouched).jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- Commons category
- STS-56
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1993-04-08
- crew members
- Ellen Ochoa
- vessel
- Discovery
- location of landing
- Launch and Landing Facility
- orbits completed
- 148
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1993-04-17
- Commons gallery
- STS-56
- orbital inclination
- 57.0
- periapsis
- 291
- apoapsis
- 299
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
- archives at
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
Sources (4)
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
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 ==
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