STS-55

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STS-55 was a 1993 Space Shuttle Columbia mission that carried the German-led Spacelab D-2 laboratory into orbit for a series of microgravity and scientific experiments.

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STS-55 canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceflight ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Spacelab D-2 mission ⓘ
linked to: Spacelab D2
commander Steven R. Nagel ⓘ
conductedExperimentsIn life sciences ⓘ
microgravity ⓘ
conductedExperimentsIn materials science ⓘ
conductedExperimentsIn technology demonstrations ⓘ
crewSize 7 ⓘ
followedBy STS-57 ⓘ
internationalCooperation European Space Agency ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
United States ⓘ
laboratoryModule Spacelab D-2 ⓘ
linked to: Spacelab D2
landingDate 1993-05-06 ⓘ
landingRunway Runway 22 ⓘ
landingSite Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ
launchDate 1993-04-26 ⓘ
launchPad Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
launchYear 1993 ⓘ
missionDuration 23 hours ⓘ
40 minutes ⓘ
9 days ⓘ
approx. 9.99 days ⓘ
missionName STS-55 ⓘ
missionSpecialist Bernard A. Harris Jr. ⓘ
Charles J. Precourt ⓘ
Jerry L. Ross ⓘ
missionType Spacelab laboratory mission ⓘ
microgravity research ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ
notableFeature second German-led Spacelab mission ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitApogee approx. 301 km ⓘ
orbiter Columbia ⓘ
orbitInclination 28.45 degrees ⓘ
orbitPerigee approx. 296 km ⓘ
orbitPeriod about 90 minutes ⓘ
orbitsCompleted 160 ⓘ
payload Spacelab D-2 ⓘ
linked to: Spacelab D2
payloadSpecialist Hans Schlegel ⓘ
Ulrich Walter ⓘ
pilot Terence T. Henricks ⓘ
precededBy STS-56 ⓘ
primarySponsor Germany ⓘ
program Space Shuttle program ⓘ
spacecraft Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
SpacelabModule D-2 (Deutschland 2) ⓘ
linked to: D-2
SpacelabSponsor German Aerospace Center DLR ⓘ

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