STS-50

STS-50 (U.S. Microgravity Laboratory-1) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, the 12th mission of the Columbia orbiter. Columbia landed at Kennedy Space Center for the first time ever due to bad weather at Edwards Air Force Base caused by the remnants of Hurricane Darby.

STS-50
Spacelab Module LM1 in Columbia's payload bay, serving as the United States Microgravity Laboratory.
NamesSpace Transportation System-50
Mission typeMicrogravity research
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID1992-034A
SATCAT no.22000
Mission duration13 days, 19 hours, 30 minutes, 4 seconds
Distance travelled9,200,000 km (5,700,000 mi)
Orbits completed221
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Columbia
Launch mass116,693 kg (257,264 lb)
Landing mass103,814 kg (228,871 lb)
Payload mass12,101 kg (26,678 lb)
Crew
Crew size7
Members
Start of mission
Launch dateJune 25, 1992, 16:12:23 UTC
RocketSpace Shuttle Columbia
Launch siteKennedy Space Center, LC-39A
ContractorRockwell International
End of mission
Landing dateJuly 9, 1992, 11:42:27 UTC
Landing siteKennedy Space Center,
SLF Runway 33
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Perigee altitude302 km (188 mi)
Apogee altitude309 km (192 mi)
Inclination28.46°
Period90.60 minutes
Instruments
  • Astroculture-1 (ASC)
  • Crystal Growth Furnace (CGF)
  • Drop Physics Module (DPM)
  • Extended Duration Orbiter Medical Project (EDOMP)
  • Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (GBA)
  • Glovebox Facility (GBX)
  • Investigations into Polymer Membrane Processing (IPMP)
  • Protein Crystal Growth (PCG)
  • Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX-II)
  • Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS)
  • Solid Surface Combustion Experiment (SSCE)
  • Surface Tension Driven Convection Experiments (STDCE)
  • Ultraviolet Plume Instrument (UVPI)
  • Zeolite Crystal Growth (ZCG)

STS-50 mission patch

Baker, Bowersox, Dunbar, Richards, Meade, Trinh, DeLucas
 
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