Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 148

STS-50

Columbia (12)

USA

 Patch STS-50 Patch USML-1

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  25.06.1992
Launch time:  16:12 UT
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-A
Altitude:  296 km
Inclination:  28,45°
Landing date:  09.07.1992
Landing time:  11:43 UT
Landing site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)

walkout photo

 STS-50 crew

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Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USA  Richards  Richard Noel "Dick"  CDR 3 13d 19h 30m  221 
2 USA  Bowersox  Kenneth Dwane "Sox"  PLT 1 13d 19h 30m  221 
3 USA  Dunbar Bonnie Jeanne   MSP 3 13d 19h 30m  221 
4 USA  Baker  Ellen Louise Shulman  MSP 2 13d 19h 30m  221 
5 USA  Meade  Carl Joseph  MSP 2 13d 19h 30m  221 
6 USA  DeLucas  Lawrence James  PSP 1 13d 19h 30m  221 
7 USA  Trinh  Eugene Huu-Chau  PSP 1 13d 19h 30m  221 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Richards
2  Bowersox
3  Dunbar
4  Baker
5  Meade
6  DeLucas
7  Trinh
Space Shuttle cockpit
Landing
1  Richards
2  Bowersox
3  Meade
4  Baker
5  Dunbar
6  DeLucas
7  Trinh

Backup Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job
6 USA  Prahl  Joseph Markel  PSP
7 USA  Sacco  Albert, Jr. "Al"  PSP
Joseph Prahl Albert Sacco

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Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Cape Canaveral (KSC).

Primary payload: United States Microgravity Laboratory-1 (USML-1); 31 experiments as crystal growth experiments; life science and biological experiments; investigation of fluid dynamics in microgravity; longest Shuttle-flight to date.

Photos / Drawings

Space Shuttle STS-50 rollout
STS-50 launch STS-50 Spacelab
traditional in-flight photo STS-50 STS-50 landing
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Last update on March 23, 2009.

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