STS-56 (Space Transportation System-56) var rumfærgen Discovery 16. rumfærge-mission. Den blev opsendt d. 8. april 1993 og vendte tilbage den 17. april 1993.
Missionen primære nyttelast var Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2) Hovedartikler:
Besætning Kenneth Cameron (kaptajn) Stephen Oswald (pilot) Michael Foale (1. missionsspecialist) Kenneth Cockrell (2. missionsspecialist) Ellen Ochoa (3. missionsspecialist)
Missionen Missionen medbragte følgende nyttelast: Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2) SPARTAN-201 Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment II (SAREX II) Spacelab 2x Get Away Special Solar Ultraviolet Experiment (SUVE) Atmospheric instruments were Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS) Millimeter Wave Atmospheric Sounder (MAS) Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet/A (SSBUV/A) spectrometer Solar science instruments were Solar Spectrum Measurement (SOLSPEC) Solar Ultraviolet Irradiance Monitor (SUSIM) Active Cavity Radiometer (ACR) Solar Constant (SOLCON) Commercial Materials Dispersion Apparatus Instrumentation Technology Associates Experiment (CMIX) Physiological and Anatomical Rodent Experiment (PARE) Space Tissue Loss (STL-1) Cosmic Ray Effects and Activation Monitor (CREAM) Hand-held, Earth-oriented, Real-time, Cooperative, User-friendly, Location-targeting and Environmental System (HERCULES) Radiation Monitoring Equipment III (RE III) Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS) calibration test.
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