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| Names | Space Transportation System-57 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | EURECA satellite retrieval Bioscience research |
| Operator | NASA |
| COSPAR ID | 1993-037A |
| SATCAT no. | 22684 |
| Mission duration | 9 days, 23 hours, 44 minutes, 54 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 6,627,338 km (4,118,037 mi) |
| Orbits completed | 155 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Endeavour |
| Launch mass | 2,048,631 kg (4,516,458 lb) |
| Landing mass | 101,827 kg (224,490 lb) |
| Payload mass | 13,074 kg (28,823 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 6 |
| Members | |
| EVAs | 1 |
| EVA duration | 5 hours and 50 minutes |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | June 21, 1993, 13:07:22 UTC (9:07:22 am EDT) |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39B |
| Contractor | Rockwell International |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | July 1, 1993, 12:52:16 UTC (8:52:16 am EDT) |
| Landing site | Kennedy, SLF Runway 33 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 402 km (250 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 471 km (293 mi) |
| Inclination | 28.45° |
| Period | 93.30 minutes |
| Instruments | |
| Fluid Acquisition and Resupply Experiment (FARE) Liquid Encapsulated Melt Zone (LEMZ) Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX-II) | |
 STS-57 mission patch  Back row: Wisoff, Currie-Gregg, Voss and Low Front row: Duffy and Grabe | |
STS-57 was a NASA Space Shuttle-Spacehab mission of Space Shuttle Endeavour that launched June 21, 1993, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.