Mission 56
STS-57
1993-037A
Crew: 6 CDR - Ronald J. Grabe
Plt - Brian J. Duffy (IV 1)
MS 1 - G. David Low (PLC & EV 1)
MS 2 - Nancy J. Sherlock
MS 3 - Peter J. K. Wisoff (EV 2)
MS 4 - Janice E. Voss
Launch 21 June 1993 @ 0907:22.047 EDT
Orbital incl: 28.46
Max alt: 481.2 km.
Orbits: 155
Dur: 9:23:44:54
Landing: 1 July 1993 @ 0852:16 EDT
Launch Info: Orbiter - Endeavour 105-4 Pad 39B KSC (MLP-2) - Hold time of
22 seconds due to private aircraft exiting th launch exclusion zone. Also a first attempt on
20 June was scrubbed at T-5 minutes due to bad weather at the SLF and TAL sites.
Original launch date of 18 May (with night launch and landing) delayed due to the desire
for a day launch and landing. A second launch date of 3 June was delayed in order to
carry out ME repairs and inspection. Landed on runway 33 KSC/SLF. 16th KSC
landing. Attempts on 29 June and 30 June were waved off due to cloud cover and rain
near the SLF.

MISSION PARTICULARS
Launch Window: 1 hour, 11 minutes (9:07 - 10:18 am EDT)
TAL Sites: Banjul, Gambia (Alternate: Moron, Spain)
AOA site: Edwards AFB (Alternates: KSC and WS)
Primary landing site: KSC/SLF (Scheduled: 8:44 am EDT, 29 June)
Landing Speed: 200 knots (230 mph)
Landing rollout: 9,946' from main gear touchdown
Vehicle weight @ liftoff: 4,516,459 lbs
Orbiter weight @ liftoff: 252,359 lbs
Orbiter weight @ landing: 224,490 lbs
PAYLOADS
Cargo mass approx.: 19,691 lbs
Landing Weight: 28,925 lbs
Special mission kits: 3 EMU's, Repackaged Galley, teleprinter, TAGS, Keel TV camera, a high intensity searchlight, TEAC Hi-8 VCR, EDO Toilet, 6 laptops, related EVA hardware and RMS-303
PRIMARY PAYLOADS
SPACEHAB-01 - Space Habitat Module, Flight Unit-1 22 expirements. Total mass - 9,628 lbs
SHOOT - On MPESS, mass - 3,570 lbs Superfluid Helium On-Orbit Transfer Demonstration
GAS Bridge Assembly - mass: 5,652 lbs 10 GAS cans including CONCAP-IV (Preparation of Non-Linear Optical Organic Materials in Microgravity) - see STS-46
EURECA-1R - mass: 9,800 lbs Retrieval (see STS-46)
EVA ACTIVITY
EVA Demonstration to gain profficiency (DTO 1210)
EVA-1 - 25 June (Low & Wisoff) Duration - 5 hours, 40 minutes
SECONDARY PAYLOADS
Mid-deck SAREX-II 'Configuration C' call sign - Duffy (N5WQW (only one member), FARE II (see STS-53) and AMOS (see STS-29)
SHUTTLE STACK COMPONENTS
SSME's: 2019 (1) - 12th use, 2034 (2) - 2nd use, 2017 (3) - 8th use. At Tower Clear 104%
OMS Pods/Engines: LP-03/105 - Pod 15th use, Motor 13th use & RP-04/108 - Pod 11th use, Motor 15th use
ET: ET-58 (LWT-51)
SRB's: BI-059 (RSRM-32) - Set successfully recovered
SHUTTLE STACK COMPONENTS
For a complete listing, see the Shuttle Rocket Booster page

SPACEHAB-1/EURECA Retrieval
MISSION MILESTONES:
30 November 1992 ET-58 arrives on dock KSC
19 January 1993 OV-105 returns to OPF-1 following Mission-53/STS-54
8 March 1993 ET-58/SRB mate in VAB High Bay 3
14 March 1993 SPACEHAB-1 & GBA were installed into the orbiter
24 March 1993 OV-105 rollover from OPF-1 to VAB High Bay 3 for stacking the same day
28 April 1993 Stack rollout to Pad 39B
30 April 1993 SHOOT payload was installed into the orbiter while on the pad
14 May 1993 TCDT countdown dress rehearsal conduted with crew aboard
2 June 1993 ME-2 turbo pump was removed on the pad and reinstalled on 9 June
17 June 1993 "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 2:30 am EDT and astronaut arrival at KSC
21 June 1993 Launch
1 July 1993 Landing at KSC/SLF. OV-105 returned to the OPF the same day
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