Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-41-D
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-41-D
STS-41-D was the twelth flight of the Space Shuttle program and the maiden flight for Space Shuttle Discovery. It deployed three commercial 10 satellites during the six day mission along with a number of scientific experiments being conducted.
Space Shuttle Discovery
Serial OV-103
Launch Crew Count 6
Status Retired
Landing Time 1984-09-05T13:37:00+0000
Crew
Henry 'Hank' Hartsfield
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1933-11-21
Deceased 2014-07-14
Status Deceased
Type Government
Michael Coats
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1946-01-16
Status Retired
Type Government
Charles D. Walker
Payload Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1948-08-29
Status Retired
Type Government
Judith Resnik
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1949-04-05
Deceased 1986-01-28
Status Lost In Flight
Type Government
Mike Mullane
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1945-09-10
Status Retired
Type Government
Steven Hawley
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1951-12-12
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.
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