STS-56

STS-56
Uppdrag?
RymdfärjaDiscovery (16)[1]
NSSDC-ID1993-023A[2]
Färdens tid9 dagar, 6 timmar, 8 minuter, 24 sekunder
Uppskjutning
StartplatsStartplatta 39B vid Kennedy Space Center i Florida
Start8 april 1993, 1:29:00 a.m. EDT
Landning
LandningsplatsKSC runway 33
Landning17 april 1993, 7:37:19 a.m. EDT
Omloppsbana
Varv147 st[3]
Apogeum299 km
Perigeum291 km
Banlutning57°
Sträcka6,202 miljoner km
Besättning
BefälhavareKenneth D. Cameron (2)
PilotStephen S. Oswald (2)
UppdragsspecialisterC. Michael Foale (2)
Kenneth D. Cockrell (1)
Ellen Ochoa (1)
Kronologi
Rymdfärjeprogrammet
Föregående uppdragNästa uppdrag
STS-54 STS-55

STS-56 var en flygning i det amerikanska rymdfärjeprogrammet med rymdfärjan Discovery. Den sköts upp från Pad 39B vid Kennedy Space Center i Florida den 8 april 1993. Efter drygt nio dagar i omloppsbana runt jorden återinträdde rymdfärjan i jordens atmosfär och landade vid Kennedy Space Center.

Besättning

Se även

Referenser

  1. ^ NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive Arkiverad 25 september 2012 hämtat från the Wayback Machine., läst 28 juli 2016.
  2. ^ ”NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive” (på engelska). NASA. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1993-023A. Läst 19 mars 2020. 
  3. ^ Manned Astronautics - Figures & Facts Arkiverad 16 augusti 2016 hämtat från the Wayback Machine., läst 28 juli 2016.

Externa länkar

USA Rymdfärjan Discovery (OV-103)
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Författare/Upphovsman: Pascal (Flickr user: pasukaru76), Licens: CC0
Vostok spacecraft replica at the Technik Museum Speyer, Germany.
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STS-54 Mission Insignia

Designed by the crewmembers, the STS-54 crew patch depicts the American bald eagle soaring above Earth and is emblematic of the Space Shuttle Endeavour in service to the United States and the world. The eagle is clutching an eightpointed star in its talons and is placing this larger star among a constellation of four others, representing the placement of the fifth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) into orbit to join the four already in service. The blackness of space -- with stars conspicuously absent -- represents the crew's other primary mission in carrying the Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer to orbit to conduct astronomical observations of invisible x-ray sources within the Milky Way Galaxy. The depiction of Earth showing North America is an expression of the crewmembers and NASA's intention that the medical and scientific experiments conducted onboard be for the benefit of mankind. The clouds and blue of Earth represent the crew's part in NASA's Mission to Planet Earth in conducting Earthobservation photography.
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STS-55 Mission Insignia

The official insignia of the STS-55 mission displays the Space Shuttle Columbia over an Earth-sky background. Depicted beneath the orbiter are the American and German flags flying together, representing the partnership of this laboratory mission. The two blue stars in the border bearing the crewmembers' names signify each of the backup (alternate) payload specialists -- Gerhard Thiele and Renate Brummer. The stars in the sky stand for each of the children of the crewmembers in symbolic representation of the space program's legacy to future generations. The rainbow symbolizes the hope for a brighter tomorrow because of the knowledge and technologies gained from this mission's multifaceted experiments. Each crewmember contributed to the design of the insignia.
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STS-56 Mission Insignia

The STS-56 patch is a pictorial representation of the STS56/ATLAS-2 mission as seen from the crew's viewpoint. The payload bay is depicted with the ATLAS-2 pallet, Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultra Violet (SSBUV) experiment, and Spartan -- the two primary scientific payloads on the flight. With ATLAS-2 serving as part of the Mission to Planet Earth project, the crew has depicted the planet prominently in the artwork. Two primary areas of study are the atmosphere and the sun. To highlight this, Earth's atmosphere is depicted as a stylized visible spectrum and the sunrise is represented with an enlarged two-colored corona. Surnames of the commander and pilot are inscribed in the Earth field, with the surnames of the mission specialists appearing in the space background.
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The STS-56 crew portrait includes five astronauts. Seated from the left are Stephen S. Oswald, pilot; and Kenneth D. Cameron, commander. Standing, from the left, are mission specialists Kenneth D. Cockrell, C. Michael Foale, and Ellen Ochoa. The crew launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on April 8, 1993 at 1:29:00 am (EDT) with the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2) as the primary payload.