Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-51
STS-51 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission that launched the Advanced 10 Technology Satellite (ACTS) in September 1993. The flight also featured the deployment and retrieval of the SPAS-ORFEUS satellite and its IMAX camera, which captured spectacular footage of Discovery in space. A spacewalk was also performed during the mission to evaluate tools and techniques for the STS-61 Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission later that year.
Space Shuttle Discovery
Serial OV-103
Launch Crew Count 5
Status Retired
Landing Time 1993-09-22T07:56:06+0000
Crew
Frank L. Culbertson Jr.
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1949-05-15
Status Retired
Type Government
William F. Readdy
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1952-01-24
Status Retired
Type Government
Carl E. Walz
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1955-09-06
Status Retired
Type Government
Daniel W. Bursch
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1957-07-25
Status Retired
Type Government
James H. Newman
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1956-10-16
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.
