STS-50

STS-50
	Spacelab Module LM1 in Columbia's payload bay, serving as the United States Microgravity Laboratory.
Names	Space Transportation System-50
Mission type	Microgravity research
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1992-034A
SATCAT no.	22000
Mission duration	13 days, 19 hours, 30 minutes, 4 seconds
Distance travelled	9,200,000 km (5,700,000 mi)
Orbits completed	221
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Columbia
Launch mass	116,693 kg (257,264 lb)
Landing mass	103,814 kg (228,871 lb)
Payload mass	12,101 kg (26,678 lb)
Crew
Crew size	7
Members	Richard N. Richards; Ken Bowersox; Bonnie J. Dunbar; Ellen S. Baker; Carl J. Meade; Lawrence J. DeLucas; Eugene H. Trinh;
Start of mission
Launch date	June 25, 1992, 16:12:23 UTC
Launch site	Kennedy, LC-39A
Contractor	Rockwell International
End of mission
Landing date	July 9, 1992, 11:42:27 UTC
Landing site	Kennedy, SLF Runway 33
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude	302 km (188 mi)
Apogee altitude	309 km (192 mi)
Inclination	28.46°
Period	90.60 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; ; From left: Baker, Bowersox, Dunbar, Richards, Meade, Trinh and DeLucas Space Shuttle program ← STS-49 (47) STS-46 (49) →

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.^[1]^[2]

^ "STS-50". Archived from the original on February 16, 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Preliminary Report Hurricane Darby". NOAA. August 9, 1992. Retrieved February 8, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[NASA-1] "STS-50". Archived from the original on February 16, 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[NHC-2] "Preliminary Report Hurricane Darby". NOAA. August 9, 1992. Retrieved February 8, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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Spacecraft properties
Spacelab Module LM1 in Columbia's payload bay, serving as the United States Microgravity Laboratory.
Names	Space Transportation System-50

Mission type	Microgravity research
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1992-034A
SATCAT no.	22000
Mission duration	13 days, 19 hours, 30 minutes, 4 seconds
Distance travelled	9,200,000 km (5,700,000 mi)
Orbits completed	221


Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Columbia
Launch mass	116,693 kg (257,264 lb)
Landing mass	103,814 kg (228,871 lb)
Payload mass	12,101 kg (26,678 lb)


Crew
Crew size	7
Members	Richard N. Richards Ken Bowersox Bonnie J. Dunbar Ellen S. Baker Carl J. Meade Lawrence J. DeLucas Eugene H. Trinh


Start of mission
Launch date	June 25, 1992, 16:12:23 UTC
Launch site	Kennedy, LC-39A
Contractor	Rockwell International


End of mission
Landing date	July 9, 1992, 11:42:27 UTC
Landing site	Kennedy, SLF Runway 33


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude	302 km (188 mi)
Apogee altitude	309 km (192 mi)
Inclination	28.46°
Period	90.60 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 From left: Baker, Bowersox, Dunbar, Richards, Meade, Trinh and DeLucas Space Shuttle program ← STS-49 (47) STS-46 (49) →