STS-58 was a NASA mission flown by Space Shuttle Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 18, 1993. The missions was primarily devoted to experiments concerning the physiological effects in space. This was the first in-flight use of the "Portable In-flight Landing Operations Trainer" (PILOT) simulation software. It was also the last time Columbia would land at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
Spacelab module LM2 in Columbia's payload bay, serving as the Spacelab Life Sciences-2 laboratory
Standing: John E. Blaha, William S. McArthur, Martin J. Fettman Seated: David A. Wolf, Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Richard A. SearfossSpace Shuttle program← STS-51 (57)STS-61 (59) →
Columbia on Pad 39B
Margaret Rhea Seddon is an American surgeon and retired NASA astronaut. After being selected as part of the first group of astronauts to include women in 1978, she flew on three Space Shuttle flights: as a mission specialist on STS-51-D and STS-40, and as a payload commander for STS-58, accumulating over 722 hours in space. On these flights, she built repair tools for a US Navy satellite and performed medical experiments.
Seddon in 1992
Portrait from 1978
Practicing CPR during a zero‑G training flight
Seddon and Gibson with newborn baby Paul
