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STS-58

STS-58 was Columbia's October-November 1993 Spacelab Life Sciences-2 mission. John Blaha commanded the flight, Richard Searfoss served as pilot, M. Rhea Seddon was payload commander, William McArthur, David Wolf, and Shannon Lucid were mission specialists, and veterinarian Martin Fettman flew as payload specialist. The crew performed fourteen investigations in regulatory physiology, cardiovascular and pulmonary function, musculoskeletal adaptation, and neuroscience, collecting more than 650 human and animal samples. Columbia launched from Launch Complex 39B on October 18 and landed on Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base on November 1 after what was then the longest Space Shuttle mission.

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Columbia STS-58Spacelab Life Sciences-2SLS-2STS 58
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STS-58
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STS-58 was Columbia's October-November 1993 Spacelab Life Sciences-2 mission. John Blaha commanded the flight, Richard Searfoss served as pilot, M. Rhea Seddon was payload commander, William McArthur, David Wolf, and Shannon Lucid were mission specialists, and veterinarian Martin Fettman flew as payload specialist. The crew performed fourteen investigations in regulatory physiology, cardiovascular and pulmonary function, musculoskeletal adaptation, and neuroscience, collecting more than 650 human and animal samples. Columbia launched from Launch Complex 39B on October 18 and landed on Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base on November 1 after what was then the longest Space Shuttle mission.
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1993-11-01
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Successfully completed the fourteen-day Spacelab Life Sciences-2 program, conducting fourteen investigations and collecting more than 650 human and animal research samples.
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1993-10-18
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