Mission record

Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-40

Space Shuttle· Launch Complex 39B· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Wed, 05 Jun 1991 13:24:51 GMT
Orbital launch #
#3638 ever

Mission

STS-40 was the eleventh launch of Columbia and carried the Spacelab module for Spacelab Life Sciences 1 (SLS-1), the fifth Spacelab mission and the first dedicated to biology. It was also the first mission to carry three women crew members.

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