STS-41
Launch: October 6, 1990
Landing: October 10, 1990 Edwards Air Force Base, Cal.
Astronauts: Richard N. Richards, Robert D. Cabana, William M. Shepherd, Bruce E. Melnick and Thomas D. Akers
Space Shuttle: Discovery
The primary payload, ESA-built Ulysses spacecraft to explore polar regions of Sun, was deployed. Numerous other science experiments were conducted.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S41-s-001
Date: May 1990
STS-41
Launch: October 6, 1990
Landing: October 10, 1990 Edwards Air Force Base, Cal.
Astronauts: Richard N. Richards, Robert D. Cabana, William M. Shepherd, Bruce E. Melnick and Thomas D. Akers
Space Shuttle: Discovery
The primary payload, ESA-built Ulysses spacecraft to explore polar regions of Sun, was deployed. Numerous other science experiments were conducted.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S41-s-001
Date: May 1990