Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-40
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-40
STS-40 was the eleventh launch of Columbia and carried the Spacelab module for Spacelab Life Sciences 1 (SLS-1), the fifth Spacelab mission and the first dedicated to biology. It was also the first mission to carry three women crew members.
Space Shuttle Columbia
Serial OV-102
Launch Crew Count 7
Status Destroyed
Landing Time 1991-06-14T15:39:00+0000
Crew
Bryan D. O'Connor
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1946-09-06
Status Retired
Type Government
Sidney M. Gutierrez
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1951-06-27
Status Retired
Type Government
F. Drew Gaffney
Payload Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1946-06-09
Status Retired
Type Payload Specialist
James P. Bagian
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1952-02-22
Status Retired
Type Government
Margaret Rhea Seddon
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1947-11-08
Status Retired
Type Government
Millie Hughes-Fulford
Payload Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1945-12-21
Deceased 2021-02-04
Status Deceased
Type Government
Tamara E. Jernigan
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1959-05-07
Status Retired
Type Government
Space Shuttle
Height 56.10 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 28200 kN
Diameter 8.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 27500 kg
Liftoff Mass 2030 Tonnes
Launch Success 133
Consecutive Success 22
Maiden Flight 1981-04-12
Launch Failures 2
Programs
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
