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.
Crew
Crew seat assignments
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! Seat
! Launch
! Landing
|rowspan=8| 150px<br />Seats 1–4 are on the flight deck.<br />Seats 5–7 are on the mid-deck.
|-
! 1
|colspan=2| Cameron
|-
! 2
|colspan=2| Oswald
|-
! 3
|Foale
|Ochoa
|-
! 4
|colspan=2| Cockrell
|-
! 5
|Ochoa
|Foale
|-
! 6
|colspan=2 style="background-color:lightgray"| Unused
|-
! 7
|colspan=2 style="background-color:lightgray"| Unused
|}