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STS-56
STS-56 was a crewed flight launched on April 8, 1993 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Crew of 5: Ellen Ochoa, Kenneth Cockrell, Kenneth D. Cameron, Michael Foale, Stephen S. Oswald.
United Statescrew 51993-023
Crew
Flight
- Mission
- STS-56
- Spacecraft (GCAT)
- Discovery (STS-56)
- Launch
- April 8, 1993 · 05:29 UTC
- Landing
- April 17, 1993
- Duration (Wikidata)
- 9.3 days
- Country
- United States
- Designator
- 1993-023A
- Vehicle fate
- Landed · Apr 17, 1993
Launch vehicle
- Launch record
- 1993-023
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B
- Outcome
- Success
- Initial orbit
- — × 301 km
Vehicle and launch: GCAT (CC BY 4.0). Mission name, crew, landing and duration: Wikidata Q240585 (CC0).
Ellen Ochoa United States · 4 flights
Kenneth Cockrell United States · 5 flights
Kenneth D. Cameron United States · 3 flights
Michael Foale United States · 7 flights
Stephen S. Oswald United States · 3 flights