STS-41
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| Organization | NASA-Office of Space Flight (United States) |
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| Mission type | Earth Science,Human Crew,Solar Physics |
| Launch date | October 6, 1990 |
| 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) |
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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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