STS-41

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STS-41
Organization NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States)
Mission type Earth Science,Human Crew,Solar Physics
Launch date October 6, 1990 (1990-10-06)
Launch vehicle Space Shuttle
Launch site Cape Canaveral, United States
COSPAR ID 1990-090A
Inclination 28.5 degrees
Experiments Here
Alternate Names SSBUV02,20841
Additional Information Here
Data Collection Here
Payload Mass Up 22140 kg
Payload Mass Down 4672.27 kg
Orbiter Discovery
Lift Off Mass 2,056,315.45 kg
Orbiter Weight at Liftoff 133,190.45 kg
Orbiter Weight at Landing 89,993.64 kg
Landed Concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Orbits of Earth 65
Orbital Altitude 177 nautical miles (203 statute miles)


Contents

Crew

  • Commander: Richard N. Richards
  • Pilot: Robert D. Cabana
    • Payload Commander:
    • Mission Specialist 1: Bruce E. Melnick
    • Mission Specialist 2: William M. Shepherd
    • Mission Specialist 3: Thomas D. Akers
    • Mission Specialist 4:
    • Mission Specialist 5:
    • Payload Specialist 1:
    • Payload Specialist 2:


ISS/Mir Crew Transport


Mission

STS-41 was the 11th Discovery flight with Richard Richards, Robert Cabana, Bruce Melnick, William Shepherd, and Thomas Akers on board. This mission deployed the Ulysses spacecraft, a joint, NASA/ESA mission to study the poles of the sun and the interplanetary space above and below the poles. Two upper stages, Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) and a mission-specific Payload Assist Module-S (PAM-S), combined together for first time to send Ulysses toward out-of- ecliptic trajectory. Other payloads and experiments: Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) experiment; INTELSAT Solar Array Coupon (ISAC); Chromosome and Plant Cell Division Experiment (CHROMEX); Voice Command System (VCS); Solid Surface Combustion Experiment (SSCE), Investigations into Polymer Membrane Processing (IPMP); Physiological Systems Experiment (PSE); Radiation Monitoring Experiment III (RME III); Shuttle Student involvement Program (SSIP) and Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS) experiment. The mission duration was 96 hours 10 minutes 2 seconds.


EVA

Payload

Deploy Ulysses; Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet; Intelsat Solar Array Coupon; Solid-Surface Combustion Experiment; Investigations Into Polymer Membrane Processing; Chromosome and Plant Cell Division in Space; Physiological Systems Experiment; Voice Command System; Radiation Monitoring Equipment III; Air Force Maui Optical Site


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