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Twelfth Columbia flight. The first mission since Skylab to do intensive investigations into the effects of weightlessness on humans. Data learned from this flight will be used in N ASA's planning for longer Shuttle missions set for 1992, and in the planning of Space Station Freedom. Landed at Edwards Air Force Base, CA. on June 14, 1991. Mission Duration: 218 hours 15 minutes 14 seconds. Launch Date: June 5, 1991 Launch Vehicle: Columbia Crew: Commander: Bryan O. O'Connor, Pilot: Sidney M. Gutierrez, Mission Specialists: James P. Bagian, Tamara E. Jernigan, M. Rhea Seddon, Payload Specialists: Drew F. Gaffney, Millie Hughes-Fulford. Show more