STS-57
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STS-57 was a NASA Space Shuttle-Spacehab mission of Space Shuttle Endeavour that launched June 21, 1993, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
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Names | Space Transportation System-57 |
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Mission type | Biosciences EURECA satellite retrieval |
Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1993-037A |
SATCAT no. | 22684 |
Mission duration | 9 days, 23 hours, 44 minutes, 54 seconds |
Distance travelled | 6,608,628 km (4,106,411 mi) |
Orbits completed | 155 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Endeavour |
Landing mass | 101,657 kg (224,115 lb) |
Payload mass | 13,074 kg (28,823 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 6 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | June 21, 1993, 13:07 UTC |
Rocket | Space Shuttle Endeavour |
Launch site | Kennedy LC-39B |
Contractor | Rockwell International |
End of mission | |
Landing date | July 1, 1993, 12:52 UTC |
Landing site | Kennedy Space Center, SLF Runway 33 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Perigee altitude | 402 km (250 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 471 km (293 mi) |
Inclination | 28.45° |
Period | 93.30 minutes |
Instruments | |
Fluid Acquisition and Resupply Experiment (FARE) Liquid Encapsulated Melt Zone (LEMZ) Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX-II) | |
STS-57 mission patch Back row: Wisoff, Currie-Gregg, Voss, Low Front row: Duffy, Grabe |
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