Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 158

STS-57

Endeavour (4)

USA

Patch STS-57 Patch STS-57 Eureca

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  21.06.1993
Launch time:  13:07 UT
Launch site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:  39-B
Altitude:  466 km
Inclination:  28,45°
Landing date:  01.07.1993
Landing time:  12:52 UT
Landing site:  Cape Canaveral (KSC)

walkout photo

STS-57 crew

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Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USA  Grabe  Ronald John  CDR 4 9d 23h 44m  155 
2 USA  Duffy  Brian  PLT 2 9d 23h 44m  155 
3 USA  Low  George David  MSP 3 9d 23h 44m  155 
4 USA  Sherlock  Nancy Jane  MSP 1 9d 23h 44m  155 
5 USA  Wisoff  Peter Jeffrey Kelsay "Jeff"  MSP 1 9d 23h 44m  155 
6 USA  Voss  Janice Elaine  MSP 1 9d 23h 44m  155 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Grabe
2  Duffy
3  Low
4  Sherlock
5  Wisoff
6  Voss
Space Shuttle cockpit
Landing
1  Grabe
2  Duffy
3  Wisoff
4  Sherlock
5  Low
6  Voss

Flight

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

Retrieval of European-built platform EURECA (deployed on mission STS-46); EVA by Low and Wisoff on 25.06.1993 (5h 50m), to make final tests for repairing works on the Hubble Space Telescope; astronauts conducted scores of biomedical and materials sciences experiments inside Spacehab-module.

Photos / Drawings

Space Shuttle STS-57 on launch pad
STS-57 launch EURECA
EVA Wisoff traditional in-flight photo STS-57
STS-57 landing  

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