Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-42

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.

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Space Shuttle Discovery


Serial OV-103

Launch Crew Count 7

Status Retired

Landing Time 1992-01-30T16:07:00+0000


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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


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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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