Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-41
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-41
STS-41 was the eleventh mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The four-day mission with a primary objective the launch the Ulysses probe as part of the International Solar Polar Mission.
Space Shuttle Discovery
Serial OV-103
Launch Crew Count 5
Status Retired
Landing Time 1990-10-10T13:57:00+0000
Crew
Richard N. Richards
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1946-08-24
Status Retired
Type Government
Robert D. Cabana
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1949-01-23
Status Retired
Type Government
Bruce E. Melnick
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1949-12-05
Status Retired
Type Government
Thomas Akers
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1951-05-20
Status Retired
Type Government
William Shepherd
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1949-07-26
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.
