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- The 54th flight of the Space Shuttle will be devoted primarily to Germany for conducting a wide range of experiments in the microgravity environment of space flight. Columbia, the flagship of the Shuttle fleet, will make its 14th voyage into Earth orbit carrying a crew of seven, including two German payload specialists. STS-55's primary payload is Spacelab D2, for the second Shuttle mission dedicated to Germany. Spacelab D1 was flown in 1985. Spacelab is a self-contained, space-based research laboratory carried inside the Shuttle's 60- foot-long cargo bay.
[Summary provided by NASA]
Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: STS-55 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Space Stations/Manned Spacecraft Platform_Series_or_Entity: SPACE SHUTTLE Short_Name: STS-55 Long_Name: Space Transport System STS-55 End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: COLUMBIA End_Group Creation_Date: 2008-01-30 Online_Resource: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-55/mission-sts-55.html Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 1993-04-26 Primary_Sponsor: NASA End_Group End_Group
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