Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-41-D

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.

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Space Shuttle Discovery


Serial OV-103

Launch Crew Count 6

Status Retired

Landing Time 1984-09-05T13:37:00+0000


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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


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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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