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STS-56: Science, Mission highlights & Overview

STS-56 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission to perform special experiments. It was Discovery's 16th flight. The mission was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on April 8, 1993.

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STS-56 topic overview

The analysis highlights Science, Mission highlights and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around STS-56.

Related topics
20
Source areas
2
Connected nodes
22
Extracted relationships
36
Concept neighborhoods
12
Bridge connections
22

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Mission highlights · 15 topics
Overview · 5 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Apogee altitude
299 km (186 mi)
Contractor
Rockwell International
COSPAR ID
1993-023A
Crew size
5
Distance travelled
6,202,407 km (3,853,997 mi)
Inclination
57.00°

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Mission highlights

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How STS-56 connects Entity context

The extracted context around STS-56 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, STS-56 → Ellen Ochoa, Kenneth Cockrell, Kenneth D. Cameron, Michael Foale, Stephen S. Oswald Another extracted example is STS-56 → Archived July, Archived September, NASA, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineSTS-56 Video Highlights. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

STS-56

Top relations

Members · 5
STS-56 → Ellen Ochoa, Kenneth Cockrell, Kenneth D. Cameron, Michael Foale, Stephen S. Oswald
related to External links · 5
STS-56 → Archived July, Archived September, NASA, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineSTS-56 Video Highlights
related to Gallery · 3
STS-56 → ATLAS, Launch, STS-56SPARTAN-201Payload
Apogee altitude · 1
STS-56 → 299 km (186 mi)
Contractor · 1
STS-56 → Rockwell International
COSPAR ID · 1
STS-56 → 1993-023A
Crew size · 1
STS-56 → 5
Distance travelled · 1
STS-56 → 6,202,407 km (3,853,997 mi)
Inclination · 1
STS-56 → 57.00°
Landing date · 1
STS-56 → April 17, 1993, 11:37:19 (1993-04-17UTC11:37:20Z) UTC (7:37:19 am EDT)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

space mission shuttle discovery bay experiment solar special cameron crew nasa payload atlas-2 ultraviolet kenneth earth instruments april 1993 system

STS-56 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 36 structured relationships around STS-56. Examples in this analysis include STS-56 → Apogee altitude → 299 km (186 mi) and STS-56 → Contractor → Rockwell International. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
STS-56Apogee altitude299 km (186 mi)1.00infobox
STS-56ContractorRockwell International1.00infobox
STS-56COSPAR ID1993-023A1.00infobox
STS-56Crew size51.00infobox
STS-56Distance travelled6,202,407 km (3,853,997 mi)1.00infobox
STS-56Inclination57.00°1.00infobox
STS-56Landing dateApril 17, 1993, 11:37:19 (1993-04-17UTC11:37:20Z) UTC (7:37:19 am EDT)1.00infobox
STS-56Landing mass93,683 kg (206,536 lb)1.00infobox
STS-56Landing siteKennedy, SLF Runway 331.00infobox
STS-56Launch dateApril 8, 1993, 05:29:00 (1993-04-08UTC05:29Z) UTC (1:29 am EDT)1.00infobox
STS-56Launch siteKennedy, LC-39B1.00infobox
STS-56MembersKenneth D. Cameron1.00infobox
STS-56MembersStephen S. Oswald1.00infobox
STS-56MembersMichael Foale1.00infobox
STS-56MembersKenneth Cockrell1.00infobox
STS-56MembersEllen Ochoa1.00infobox
STS-56Mission duration9 days, 6 hours, 8 minutes, 19 seconds1.00infobox
STS-56Mission typeScientific research1.00infobox
STS-56NamesSpace Transportation System-561.00infobox
STS-56OperatorNASA1.00infobox
STS-56Orbits completed1481.00infobox
STS-56Payload mass7,026 kg (15,490 lb)1.00infobox
STS-56Perigee altitude291 km (181 mi)1.00infobox
STS-56Period90.40 minutes1.00infobox
STS-56Reference systemGeocentric orbit1.00infobox
STS-56RegimeLow Earth orbit1.00infobox
STS-56SATCAT no.226211.00infobox
STS-56SpacecraftSpace Shuttle Discovery1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around STS-56 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include System, Atmospheric and Cockrell. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • space shuttle
    • Mission
    • Shuttle
    • Space
    • Payload
    • Sts-56
    • Experiment
    • Crew
    • Discovery
    • Equipment
    • Solar
    • System
    • Special
  • kennedy space center
    • Mission
    • Shuttle
    • Payload
    • Sts-56
    • Experiment
    • Atmospheric
    • Cockrell
    • Discovery
    • Equipment
    • Flight
    • Foale
    • Km
  • earth
    • Atmospheric
    • Flight
    • Foale
    • Kennedy
    • Km
    • Landing
    • Mi
    • Minutes
    • Mission
    • Ochoa
    • Oswald
    • Cameron
  • get away special
    • Cargo
    • Wall
    • Sts-56
    • Ultraviolet
    • Bay
    • Experiment
    • Solar
    • Atmospheric
    • Cockrell
    • Experiments
    • Flight
    • Foale
  • mir space station
    • Mission
    • Shuttle
    • Payload
    • Sts-56
    • Experiment
    • Discovery
    • Equipment
    • System
    • Crew
    • Special
    • Bay
    • Kennedy
  • colorado space grant consortium
    • Mission
    • Shuttle
    • Payload
    • Sts-56
    • Experiment
    • Discovery
    • Equipment
    • System
    • Crew
    • Special
    • Bay
    • Kennedy
  • mission highlights
    • Space
    • Payload
    • Sts-56
    • Nasa
    • Shuttle
    • Atlas-2
    • Kennedy
    • Km
    • Landing
    • Mi
    • Minutes
    • Earth
  • STS-56
    • System
    • Atmospheric
    • Cockrell
    • Flight
    • Foale
    • Km
    • Landing
    • Mi
    • Minutes
    • Ochoa
    • Oswald
    • Cameron

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For STS-56, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects STS-56 with Mission highlights. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
STS-56Mission highlights · splits 7 ⟂ 16
STS-56Overview · splits 17 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

STS-56

Nodes23
Edges22
Triples36
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.086957
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around STS-56 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Science, Mission highlights & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — STS-56 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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