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STS-30

Launch: May 4, 1989

Landing: May 8, 1989 Edwards Air Force Base, Cal.

Astronauts: David M. Walker, Ronald J. Grabe, Norman E. Thagard, Mary L. Cleave and Mark C. Lee

Space Shuttle: Atlantis

 

The primary payload, a Magellan/Venus radar mapper spacecraft and attached Inertial Upper Stage (IUS), was deployed six hours, 14 minutes into flight. One of five General Purpose Computers (GPC) failed and had to be replaced with a sixth on board hardware spare. This is the first time a GPC was switched on orbit.

 

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Credit: NASA

Image Number: S89-20025

Date: February 17, 1989

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