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STS-57 Launch

STS-57 Launch by NASA on The Commons Via Flickr: A flock of birds takes flight as Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-57 mission launches from the Kennedy Space Center on June 21, 1993. This was the first flight of the first flight of the commercially developed SPACEHAB laboratory module. Image # : KSC-93PC-0879 Date: June 21, 1993

(JOSH MACE)

The first flight of the commercially developed SPACEHAB laboratory module begins with the flawless liftoff of the Space Shuttle Endeavour from Launch Pad 39B at 9:07:22 a.m. EDT, June 21, 1993. Also planned for the eight-day flight of Mission STS-57 is the retrieval of the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA). Onboard for the fourth flight of Endeavour are a crew of six: Mission Commander Ronald J. Grabe; Pilot Brian Duffy; Payload Commander G. David Low; and Mission Specialists Nancy Jane Sherlock, Peter J.K. "Jeff" Wisoff, and Janice E. Voss. The first launch attempt on June 20 was scrubbed due to unacceptable weather conditions both at KSC and the overseas contingency landing sites.