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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.

 

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Credit: NASA

Image Number: S41-s-001

Date: May 1990

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