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STS-58 was a NASA mission flown by Space Shuttle Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 18, 1993. The missions was primarily devoted to experiments concerning the physiological effects in space. This was the first in-flight use of the "Portable In-flight Landing Operations Trainer" (PILOT) simulation software. It was also the last time Columbia would land at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The mission also attracted controversy for experiments involving the dissection of live rats in space.

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Spaceflight.name
STS-58
Spaceflight.names_list
Space Transportation System-58Spacelab Life Sciences-2
Spaceflight.image
STS058-92-064.jpg
Spaceflight.image_caption
Spacelab module LM2 in Columbias payload bay, serving as the Spacelab Life Sciences-2 laboratory
Spaceflight.mission_type
Bioscience research
Spaceflight.operator
NASA
Spaceflight.orbits_completed
225
Spaceflight.crew_size
7
Spaceflight.launch_date
UTC (10:53:10amEDT)
Spaceflight.launch_site
Kennedy, LC-39B
Spaceflight.launch_contractor
Rockwell International
Spaceflight.landing_date
UTC (7:05:42amPST)
Spaceflight.landing_site
Edwards, Runway22
Spaceflight.orbit_reference
Geocentric orbit
Spaceflight.orbit_regime
Low Earth orbit
Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
39°
Spaceflight.orbit_period
90.3 minutes
Spaceflight.apsis
gee

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Duration
1210352
Mass
11803
Orbital period
90.3
Image
STS058-92-064.jpg
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STS-58
UTC date of spacecraft launch
1993-10-18
orbits completed
225
UTC date of spacecraft landing
1993-11-01
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STS-58
orbital inclination
39.0
periapsis
284
apoapsis
294
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STS-58 was a NASA mission flown by Space Shuttle Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 18, 1993. The missions was primarily devoted to experiments concerning the physiological effects in space. This was the first in-flight use of the "Portable In-flight Landing Operations Trainer" (PILOT) simulation software. It was also the last time Columbia would land at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The mission also attracted controversy for experiments involving the dissection of live rats in space.

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