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STS-30 was the 29th NASA Space Shuttle mission and the fourth mission for Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the fourth shuttle launch since the Challenger disaster and the first shuttle mission since the disaster to have a female astronaut on board. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on May 4, 1989, and landed four days later on May 8, 1989. During the mission, Atlantis deployed the Venus-bound Magellan probe into orbit.

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Spaceflight.name: STS-30
Spaceflight.names_list: Space Transportation System-30STS-30R
Spaceflight.image: Atlantis and Magellan (3).jpg
Spaceflight.image_caption: Magellan and its IUS in the payload bay of Atlantis
Spaceflight.mission_type: Magellan spacecraft deployment
Spaceflight.operator: NASA
Spaceflight.orbits_completed: 65
Spaceflight.crew_size: 5
Spaceflight.launch_date: UTC (2:46:59pmEDT)
Spaceflight.launch_site: Kennedy, LC-39B
Spaceflight.launch_contractor: Rockwell International
Spaceflight.landing_date: UTC (12:43:26pmPDT)
Spaceflight.landing_site: Edwards, Runway22
Spaceflight.orbit_reference: Geocentric orbit
Spaceflight.orbit_regime: Low Earth orbit
Spaceflight.orbit_inclination: 28.45°
Spaceflight.orbit_period: 91.80 minutes
Spaceflight.apsis: gee

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STS-30's primary payload was the Magellan/Venus radar mapper spacecraft.

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Instance of: human spaceflight
Part of: Space Shuttle program
Operator: NASA
Followed by: STS-28
Follows: STS-29
Duration: 348987
Mass: 20833
Orbital period: 91.8
Official website: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-30.html
Image: Magellan-IUS stack (close).jpg
Significant event: landing

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Commons category: STS-30
orbital inclination: 28.8
UTC date of spacecraft launch: 1989-05-04
type of orbit: low Earth orbit
crew members: Mary L. Cleave
vessel: Atlantis
location of landing: Edwards Air Force Base
orbits completed: 65
UTC date of spacecraft landing: 1989-05-08
Commons gallery: STS-30
periapsis: 361
apoapsis: 366
start point: Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
archives at: Lunar and Planetary Institute

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