Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
STS-56 Launch
Full Description:
The second try works like a charm as the Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from Launch Pad 39B on Mission STS-56 at 1:29:00 a.m., EDT, April 8. First attempt to launch Discovery on its 16th space voyage was halted at T-11 seconds on April 6. Aboard for the second Space Shuttle mission of 1993 are a crew of five and the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science 2 (ATLAS 2), the second in a series of missions to study the sun's energy output and Earth's middle atmosphere chemical makeup, and how these factors affect levels of ozone.
Date:
4/8/1993
NASA Center:
Kennedy Space Center
Subject Category:
Space Shuttle
Subject Category:
Rocket Launches
Keywords:
Launch
Keywords:
Discovery
Keywords:
STS-56
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Atlas
facet_what:
Atlas 2
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_when:
1993
facet_when:
4-8-1993
facet_when_year:
1993
Image #:
93PC-0549
original_url:
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 0748
Center:
KSC
Center Number:
93PC-0549
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000748
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
DIGITAL

STS-56 Launch