Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51

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.

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Space Shuttle Discovery


Serial OV-103

Launch Crew Count 5

Status Retired

Landing Time 1993-09-22T07:56:06+0000


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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


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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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