Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-40

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.

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Space Shuttle Columbia


Serial OV-102

Launch Crew Count 7

Status Destroyed

Landing Time 1991-06-14T15:39:00+0000


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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


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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.

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