STS-30

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Mission emblem
Mission emblem STS-30
Mission dates
Mission: STS-30
COSPAR-ID : 1989-033A
Crew: 5
Begin: May 4, 1989, 18:46:59  UTC
Starting place: Kennedy Space Center , LC-39B
Landing: May 8, 1989, 19:43:27 UTC
Landing place: Edwards Air Force Base , Runway 22
Flight duration: 4d 0h 56m 28s
Earth orbits: 65
Track height: 341 km
Orbit inclination : 28.8 °
Covered track: 2.7 million km
Payload: Magellan
Team photo
v. l. No. Ronald Grabe, David Walker, Norman Thagard, Mary Cleave, Mark Lee
v. l. No. Ronald Grabe, David Walker, Norman Thagard, Mary Cleave, Mark Lee
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STS-30 ( english S pace T ransportation S ystem ) is a mission designation for the US Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104) of NASA . The launch took place on May 4, 1989. It was the 29th space shuttle mission and the 4th flight of the space shuttle Atlantis. The main objective of the mission was to launch the Venus probe Magellan .

team

Mission overview

IUS upper level with the space probe Magellan is launched from the space shuttle

A first attempt at launch on April 28th was stopped at T-31 seconds because problems arose with the liquid hydrogen circuit between the external tank and the shuttle. On the actual launch day, strong winds at the emergency landing site in Cape Canaveral delayed the countdown by almost an hour.

The Venus probe Magellan with an IUS upper stage was suspended as planned shortly after the start of the shuttle. In the further course of the mission, one of the five main computers in orbit had to be replaced. STS-30 was the first mission in which the space shuttle was used to launch an interplanetary spacecraft.

The landing took place on May 8th in Edwards AFB , California . Atlantis was transported back to Cape Canaveral , Florida 7 days later by a special aircraft.

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Web links

Commons : STS-30  - album with pictures, videos and audio files