STS-58 shuttle mission of Space Shuttle Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 18, 1993. It was also the last time Columbia would land at Edwards Air Force Base.
STS-58 was the 4th longest mission in US manned space history and was dedicated to life sciences research. Columbia’s crew performed a series of experiments to gain knowledge on how the human body adapts to the weightless environment of space. Experiments focuse...
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STS-58 shuttle mission of Space Shuttle Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 18, 1993. It was also the last time Columbia would land at Edwards Air Force Base.
STS-58 was the 4th longest mission in US manned space history and was dedicated to life sciences research. Columbia’s crew performed a series of experiments to gain knowledge on how the human body adapts to the weightless environment of space. Experiments focused on cardiovascular, regulatory, neurovestibular and musculoskeletal systems of the body. The experiments performed on Columbia’s crew and on laboratory animals (48 rats held in 24 cages), along with data collected on the SLS-1 mission in June 1991, will provide the most detailed and interrelated physiological measurements acquired in the space environment since the Skylab program in 1973 and 1974.
Crew members conducted experiments aimed at understanding bone tissue loss and the effects of microgravity on sensory perception. Two...
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