Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-56
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-56
STS-56 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission to perform special experiments. The mission was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 8 April 1993.
Space Shuttle Discovery
Serial OV-103
Launch Crew Count 5
Status Retired
Landing Time 1993-04-17T11:37:00+0000
Crew
Kenneth D. Cameron
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1949-11-29
Status Retired
Type Government
Stephen S. Oswald
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1951-06-30
Status Retired
Type Government
Ellen Ochoa
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1958-05-10
Status Retired
Type Government
Kenneth Cockrell
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1950-04-09
Status Retired
Type Government
Michael Foale
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1957-01-06
Status Retired
Type Government
Space Shuttle
Height 56.10 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 28200 kN
Diameter 8.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 27500 kg
Liftoff Mass 2030 Tonnes
Launch Success 133
Consecutive Success 22
Maiden Flight 1981-04-12
Launch Failures 2
Programs
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
