STS-56 (Space Transportation System-56) var rumfærgen Discovery 16. rumfærge-mission. Den blev opsendt d. 8. april 1993 og vendte tilbage den 17. april 1993.

Missionen primære nyttelast var Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2)

Hovedartikler:

Hovedartikler: Rumfærge og Rumfærge-programmet.

Besætning

Missionen

Missionen medbragte følgende nyttelast:

  • Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2)
  • SPARTAN-201
  • Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment II (SAREX II)
  • Spacelab
    • 2x Get Away Special
      • Solar Ultraviolet Experiment (SUVE)
    • Atmospheric instruments were Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS)
    • Millimeter Wave Atmospheric Sounder (MAS)
    • Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet/A (SSBUV/A) spectrometer
    • Solar science instruments were Solar Spectrum Measurement (SOLSPEC)
    • Solar Ultraviolet Irradiance Monitor (SUSIM)
    • Active Cavity Radiometer (ACR)
    • Solar Constant (SOLCON)
  • Commercial Materials Dispersion Apparatus Instrumentation Technology Associates Experiment (CMIX)
  • Physiological and Anatomical Rodent Experiment (PARE)
  • Space Tissue Loss (STL-1)
  • Cosmic Ray Effects and Activation Monitor (CREAM)
  • Hand-held, Earth-oriented, Real-time, Cooperative, User-friendly, Location-targeting and Environmental System (HERCULES)
  • Radiation Monitoring Equipment III (RE III)
  • Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS) calibration test.

Eksterne henvisninger

    source: http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-56