Lockheed Space Operations Company

STS-40

Space Shuttle

SUCCESS
Success

Wednesday, June 5, 1991 · 13:24 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

N/A

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Space Shuttle

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 39B

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

28.627° N, 80.621° W

18

Pad Launches

58

Location Launches

32

Agency Launches

41

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