STS-57

STS-57
	Endeavour's payload bay, with the SpaceHab module (foreground), EURECA (background), and astronauts David Low and Peter Wisoff performing an EVA (centre).
Names	Space Transportation System-57
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	Ronald J. Grabe; Brian Duffy; G. David Low; Nancy J. Currie-Gregg; Peter Wisoff; Janice E. Voss;
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 Space Shuttle program

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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