On this day, 32 years ago, November 1, 1993 (September 18, 1993, the lunar calendar),"Colombia" set a space flight record. On November 1, 1993, the US space shuttle Colombia with seven astronauts on board landed safely at Edwards Air Force Base in California after flying for 14 days and 13 minutes, breaking the space flight record of 13 days, 19 hours and 30 minutes set by the space shuttle last year. Since its launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 18,"Colombia" has orbited the Earth for 225 times and traveled about 9.3 million kilometers. It has successfully completed the second time in the 12 years since the space shuttle was launched. Space flight for the purpose of medical science experiments. Since mankind entered the space age, astronauts have discovered that flying in a weightless environment in space can have a series of side effects on the human body. In order to study to overcome these problems and prepare for future longer-duration flights and the use of a permanent manned space station, a biochemist, a veterinarian and two physicians on the space shuttle conducted experiments on 48 mice aged 2 to 3 months in addition to themselves. Space shuttle Colombia Colombia astronauts enter capsule