![]() Spacelab module LM2 in Columbia's payload bay, serving as the Spacelab Life Sciences-2 laboratory | |
Names | Space Transportation System-58 Spacelab Life Sciences-2 |
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Mission type | Bioscience research |
Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1993-065A |
SATCAT no. | 22869![]() |
Mission duration | 14 days, 12 minutes, 32 seconds |
Distance travelled | 9,399,290 km (5,840,450 mi) |
Orbits completed | 225 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Space Shuttle Columbia |
Launch mass | 2,050,223 kg (4,519,968 lb) |
Landing mass | 104,214 kg (229,753 lb) |
Payload mass | 11,803 kg (26,021 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 7 |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | October 18, 1993, 14:53:10 UTC (10:53:10 am EDT) |
Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39B |
Contractor | Rockwell International |
End of mission | |
Landing date | November 1, 1993, 15:05:42 UTC (7:05:42 am PDT) |
Landing site | Edwards, Runway 22 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Perigee altitude | 284 km (176 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 294 km (183 mi) |
Inclination | 39° |
Period | 90.3 minutes |
![]() STS-58 mission patch ![]() Standing: Blaha, McArthur and Fettman Seated: Wolf, Lucid, Seddon and Searfoss |
STS-58 was a NASA mission flown by Space Shuttle Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 18, 1993. The missions was primarily devoted to experiments concerning the physiological effects in space. This was the first in-flight use of the "Portable In-flight Landing Operations Trainer" (PILOT) simulation software. It was also the last time Columbia would land at Edwards Air Force Base, California.