NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

STS-50

Launch Time
Thu Jun 25, 1992 16:12 UTC

Rocket

Space Shuttle Columbia
NASA
Status: Retired
Price: $450.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 30,250 kN
Payload to LEO: 27,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,810 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 56.1 m

Vehicles

Kennedy SLF Runway 33

OV-102

Flight #12
386 day turnaround

Mission Details

STS-50

The U.S. Microgravity Laboratory 1 was a spacelab mission, with experiments in material science, fluid physics and biotechnology. It was the first flight of a Space Shuttle with the Extended Duration Orbiter (EDO) hardware, allowing longer flight durations.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 12,101.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Stats

1992

35th orbital launch attempt

Space Shuttle

48th mission
4th mission of 1992
47th successful mission
23rd consecutive successful mission