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).
NamesSpace Transportation System-57
Mission typeBiosciences
EURECA satellite retrieval
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID1993-037A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.22684
Mission duration9 days, 23 hours, 44 minutes, 54 seconds
Distance travelled6,608,628 km (4,106,411 mi)
Orbits completed155
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Endeavour
Landing mass101,657 kg (224,115 lb)
Payload mass13,074 kg (28,823 lb)
Crew
Crew size6
Members
Start of mission
Launch dateJune 21, 1993, 13:07 UTC
Launch siteKennedy, LC-39B
ContractorRockwell International
End of mission
Landing dateJuly 1, 1993, 12:52 UTC
Landing siteKennedy, SLF Runway 33
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Perigee altitude402 km (250 mi)
Apogee altitude471 km (293 mi)
Inclination28.45°
Period93.30 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
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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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