Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-56

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.

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Space Shuttle Discovery


Serial OV-103

Launch Crew Count 5

Status Retired

Landing Time 1993-04-17T11:37:00+0000


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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


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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.

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