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STS-56 was a Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' mission to perform special experiments. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on April 8, 1993. The primary payload of the flight was the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2), designed to collect data on the relationship between the sun's energy output and Earth's middle atmosphere and how these factors affect the ozone layer. It included six instruments mounted on a Spacelab pallet in the cargo bay, with... full article at wikipedia
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by gardening_bot Apr 7, 2008

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