STS-55

Columbia (14)

USA

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	26.04.1993
Launch time:	14:50 UT
Launch site:	Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:	39-A
Altitude:	302 km
Inclination:	28,45°
Landing date:	06.05.1993
Landing time:	14:30 UT
Landing site:	Edwards AFB

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Crew

No.	Surname	Given name	Job	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Nagel	Steven Ray	CDR	4	9d 23h 40m	160
2	Henricks	Terence Thomas	PLT	2	9d 23h 40m	160
3	Ross	Jerry Lynn	MSP	4	9d 23h 40m	160
4	Precourt	Charles Joseph	MSP	1	9d 23h 40m	160
5	Harris	Bernard Anthony, Jr.	MSP	1	9d 23h 40m	160
6	Walter	Ulrich Hans	PSP	1	9d 23h 40m	160
7	Schlegel	Hans Wilhelm	PSP	1	9d 23h 40m	160

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Nagel
2	Henricks
3	Ross
4	Precourt
5	Harris
6	Walter
7	Schlegel

Landing
1	Nagel
2	Henricks
3	Harris
4	Precourt
5	Ross
6	Walter
7	Schlegel

Backup Crew

No.	Surname	Given name	Job
6	Brümmer	Renate Luise	PSP
7	Thiele	Gerhard Paul Julius	PSP

Flight

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

Mission Spacelab D-2; 88 experiments in materials science, physics, medicine, biology, Earth observations, astronomy and more; only four of this experiments were sponsored by NASA; amateur radio experiments (crew got contact to MIR space station).

Photos / Drawings

©			Last update on December 21, 2008.