STS-39
Sign in to saveSTS-39 was the twelfth mission of the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery, and the 40th orbital shuttle mission overall. The primary purpose of the mission was to conduct a variety of payload experiments for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-39
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-39
- Spaceflight.image
- STS039-367-006 - STS-39 Critical Ionization Velocity (CIV) gas release from OV-103 payload bay.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- The Critical ionization velocity (CIV) experiment in Discoverys payload bay
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- DoD research
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 134
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 7
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (7:33:14amEDT)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39A
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (2:55:37pmEDT)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Kennedy, SLF Runway 15
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 57.01°
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 89.60 minutes
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Space Shuttle program
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- STS-40
- Follows
- STS-37
- Duration
- 717743
- Mass
- 5663
- Orbital period
- 89.6
- Image
- STS-39 launch.jpg
- Significant event
- landing
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- Commons category
- STS-39
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1991-04-28
- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- crew members
- Richard Hieb
- vessel
- Discovery
- orbits completed
- 134
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1991-05-06
- Commons gallery
- STS-39
- location of landing
- Launch and Landing Facility
- orbital inclination
- 57.0
- periapsis
- 248
- apoapsis
- 263
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
- archives at
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
STS-39 was the twelfth mission of the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery, and the 40th orbital shuttle mission overall. The primary purpose of the mission was to conduct a variety of payload experiments for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
== Crew ==
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