STS-55
STS-55, or Deutschland 2 (D-2), was the 55th overall flight of the NASA Space Shuttle and the 14th flight of Shuttle Columbia. This flight was a multinational Spacelab flight involving 88 experiments from eleven different nations. The experiments ranged from biology sciences to simple Earth observations.
Spacelab Module LM1 in Columbia's payload bay, serving as the Spacelab D-2 laboratory. | |
| Names | Space Transportation System-55 Spacelab Deutschland 2 Spacelab D-2 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Spacelab research |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 1993-027A |
| SATCAT no. | 22640 |
| Mission duration | 9 days, 23 hours, 39 minutes, 59 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 6,701,603 km (4,164,183 mi) |
| Orbits completed | 160 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Columbia |
| Landing mass | 103,191 kg (227,497 lb) |
| Payload mass | 11,539 kg (25,439 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 7 |
| Members | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | April 26, 1993, 14:50:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Space Shuttle Columbia |
| Launch site | Kennedy Space Center, LC-39A |
| Contractor | Rockwell International |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | May 6, 1993, 14:29:59 UTC |
| Landing site | Edwards Air Force Base, Runway 22 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 304 km (189 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 312 km (194 mi) |
| Inclination | 28.45° |
| Period | 90.70 minutes |
STS-55 mission patch Standing: Harris, Schlegel, Ross, Walter Seated: Henricks, Nagel, Precourt | |
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