STS-56

STS-56 (Space Transportation System-56) var rumfærgen Discovery 16. rumfærge-mission. Den blev opsendt d. 8. april 1993 og vendte tilbage den 17. april 1993.

STS-56
Missionsemblem
Missionsstatistik
Missionsnavn: STS-56
Rumagentur:NASA
Rumfærge: Discovery (16)
Antal besætningsmedlemmer:5
Affyringsrampe:LC-39A (KSC)
Opsendelse: 8. april 1993
Landing: 17. april 1993
Landet på:Kennedy Space Center
Varighed: 8 døgn og 7 timer
Foto af besætningen

Navigation
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STS-52 STS-52STS-55 STS-55

Missionen primære nyttelast var Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2)

Hovedartikler:

Hovedartikler: Rumfærge og Rumfærge-programmet.

Besætning
  • USA Mand Kenneth Cameron (kaptajn)
  • USA Mand Stephen Oswald (pilot)
  • USA Mand Michael Foale (1. missionsspecialist)
  • USA Mand Kenneth Cockrell (2. missionsspecialist)
  • USA Kvinde Ellen Ochoa (3. missionsspecialist)

Missionen

Missionen medbragte følgende nyttelast:

  • Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2)
  • SPARTAN-201
  • Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment II (SAREX II)
  • Spacelab
    • 2x Get Away Special
      • Solar Ultraviolet Experiment (SUVE)
    • Atmospheric instruments were Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS)
    • Millimeter Wave Atmospheric Sounder (MAS)
    • Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet/A (SSBUV/A) spectrometer
    • Solar science instruments were Solar Spectrum Measurement (SOLSPEC)
    • Solar Ultraviolet Irradiance Monitor (SUSIM)
    • Active Cavity Radiometer (ACR)
    • Solar Constant (SOLCON)
  • Commercial Materials Dispersion Apparatus Instrumentation Technology Associates Experiment (CMIX)
  • Physiological and Anatomical Rodent Experiment (PARE)
  • Space Tissue Loss (STL-1)
  • Cosmic Ray Effects and Activation Monitor (CREAM)
  • Hand-held, Earth-oriented, Real-time, Cooperative, User-friendly, Location-targeting and Environmental System (HERCULES)
  • Radiation Monitoring Equipment III (RE III)
  • Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS) calibration test.
  • ATLAS-2
    ATLAS-2
  • SPARTAN-201
    SPARTAN-201
  • Discovery lander på Kennedy Space Center
    Discovery lander på Kennedy Space Center

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