STS-40
Sign in to saveSTS-40, the eleventh launch of Space Shuttle Columbia, was a nine-day mission in June 1991. It carried the Spacelab module for Spacelab Life Sciences 1 (SLS-1), the fifth Spacelab mission and the first dedicated solely to biology. STS-40 was the first spaceflight that included three women crew members.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-40
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Space Transportation System-40
- Spaceflight.image
- STS-40 Spacelab.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Spacelab Module LM1 in Columbias payload bay, serving as the Spacelab Life Sciences laboratory
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Spacelab Life Sciences-1 (SLS-1)
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 146
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 7
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC (9:24:51amEDT)
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39B
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rockwell International
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC (8:39:11amPDT)
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Edwards, Runway22
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 39.02°
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 90.40 minutes
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Space Shuttle program
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- STS-43
- Follows
- STS-39
- Duration
- 785660
- Mass
- 12374
- Orbital period
- 90.4
- Image
- STS-40 Spacelab.jpg
- Significant event
- landing
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- Commons category
- STS-40
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1991-06-05
- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- orbital inclination
- 39.0
- crew members
- Millie Hughes-Fulford
- vessel
- Columbia
- location of landing
- Edwards Air Force Base
- orbits completed
- 146
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1991-06-14
- Commons gallery
- STS-40
- periapsis
- 287
- apoapsis
- 296
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
- archives at
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Mission highlights
- Wake-up calls
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
STS-40, the eleventh launch of Space Shuttle Columbia, was a nine-day mission in June 1991. It carried the Spacelab module for Spacelab Life Sciences 1 (SLS-1), the fifth Spacelab mission and the first dedicated solely to biology. STS-40 was the first spaceflight that included three women crew members.
== Crew ==
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