Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-42
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-42
STS-42 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission with the Spacelab module. The main goal of the mission was to study the effects of microgravity on a variety of organisms.
Space Shuttle Discovery
Serial OV-103
Launch Crew Count 7
Status Retired
Landing Time 1992-01-30T16:07:00+0000
Crew
Ronald J. Grabe
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1945-06-13
Status Retired
Type Government
Stephen S. Oswald
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1951-06-30
Status Retired
Type Government
David Hilmers
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1950-01-28
Status Retired
Type Government
Norman E. Thagard
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1943-07-03
Status Retired
Type Government
Roberta Bondar
Payload Specialist
Nationality Canadian
Date Of Birth 1945-12-04
Status Retired
Type Government
Ulf Merbold
Payload Specialist
Nationality German
Date Of Birth 1941-06-20
Status Retired
Type Government
William F. Readdy
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1952-01-24
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.
