Discovery (STS-56) launched 1993

STS-56 crew: Seated (L-R):  Stephen Oswald, Kenneth Cameron; 

Standing (L-R): Kenneth Cockrell, Michael Foale, Ellen Ochoa

Mission patch

Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-56), launched April 8, 1993, was the first flight with a Latina astronaut.  Its crew consisted of Commander Kenneth Cameron, Pilot Stephen Oswald, Michael Foale, Kenneth Cockrell and Ellen Ochoa.

During the flight, the crew made a brief radio contact with the Russian space station Mir.  They returned to Earth April 17.