STS-41
Sign in to saveSTS-41 was the 36th Space Shuttle mission and the eleventh mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The four-day mission had a primary objective of launching the Ulysses probe as part of the "International Solar Polar Mission" (ISPM).
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-41
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-41
- Spaceflight.image
- Ulysses in Discovery's payload bay.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Ulysses and its Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) in the payload bay of Discovery
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Ulysses spacecraft deployment
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 66
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 5
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (7:47:15amEDT)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39B
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (6:57:19amPDT)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Edwards, Runway22
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 28.45°
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 90.60 minutes
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Space Shuttle program
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- STS-38
- Follows
- STS-31
- Duration
- 353404
- Mass
- 28451
- Orbital period
- 90.6
- Image
- Discovery Ulysses.jpg
- Significant event
- landing
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- Commons category
- STS-41
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1990-10-06
- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- crew members
- Thomas Akers
- vessel
- Discovery
- location of landing
- Edwards Air Force Base
- orbits completed
- 66
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1990-10-10
- Commons gallery
- STS-41
- orbital inclination
- 28.45
- archives at
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
- periapsis
- 300
- apoapsis
- 307
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- Wake-up calls
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-41 was the 36th Space Shuttle mission and the eleventh mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The four-day mission had a primary objective of launching the Ulysses probe as part of the "International Solar Polar Mission" (ISPM).
== Crew ==
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