STS-40

STS-40
Emblemat STS-40
Dane misji
Indeks COSPAR

1991-040A

Zaangażowani

Stany Zjednoczone NASA

Oznaczenie kodowe

STS-40

Pojazd
Wahadłowiec

Columbia

Załoga
Zdjęcie STS-40
Dowódca

Bryan O’Connor

Start
Miejsce startu

Stany Zjednoczone, KSC, LC39-B

Początek misji

5 czerwca 1991 13:24:51 UTC

Orbita okołoziemska
Apogeum

296 km

Perygeum

287 km

Okres orbitalny

90,4 min

Inklinacja orbity

39°

Lądowanie
Miejsce lądowania

Edwards AFB, Pas startowy 22

Lądowanie

14 czerwca 1991 15:39:11 UTC

Czas trwania misji

9 dni, 2 godz, 14 min, 20 s

Przebyta odległość

6 083 223 km[1]

Liczba okrążeń Ziemi

146[1]

Program lotów wahadłowców

STS-40 (ang. Space Transportation System) – jedenasta misja wahadłowca kosmicznego Columbia i czterdziesta pierwsza programu lotów wahadłowców. Pierwszy lot w ramach programu Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-1)[2].

Załoga

źródło[2]
*Cyfry w nawiasie oznaczają liczbę lotów odbytych przez każdego z astronautów

Parametry misji

źródło[1]

Cel misji

Lot naukowy, wypełniony prowadzeniem eksperymentów medycznych i biologicznych na pokładzie laboratorium Spacelab SLS-1 (Space Life Sciences)[2]. Była to piąta misja laboratorium Spacelab[1]. Eksperymentom poddano ludzi, 30 gryzoni i tysiące małych meduz[1].

Zobacz też

Przypisy

  1. ↑ a b c d e Mark Wade: STS-40 (ang.). W: Encyclopedia Astronautica [on-line]. [dostęp 2017-07-25].
  2. ↑ a b c Tomáš Přibyl: Dzień, w którym nie wróciła COLUMBIA. Bielsko-Biała: Wydawnictwo >DEBIT<, 2003, s. 166. ISBN 83-7167-224-1.

Linki zewnętrzne

Wahadłowiec kosmiczny Columbia (OV-102)
Loty zakończone
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STS-40 Mission Insignia

The STS-40 patch makes a contemporary statement focusing on human beings living and working in space. Against a background of the universe, seven silver stars, interspersed about the orbital path of Columbia, represent the seven crew members. The orbiter's flight path forms a double-helix, designed to represent the DNA molecule common to all living creatures. In the words of a crew spokesman, ...(the helix) affirms the ceaseless expansion of human life and American involvement in space while simultaneously emphasizing the medical and biological studies to which this flight is dedicated. Above Columbia, the phrase Spacelab Life Sciences 1 defines both the Shuttle mission and its payload. Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian man, silhouetted against the blue darkness of the heavens, is in the upper center portion of the patch. With one foot on Earth and arms extended to touch Shuttle's orbit, the crew feels, he serves as a powerful embodiment of the extension of human inquiry from the boundaries of Earth to the limitless laboratory of space. Sturdily poised amid the stars, he serves to link scentists on Earth to the scientists in space asserting the harmony of efforts which produce meaningful scientific spaceflight missions. A brilliant red and yellow Earth limb (center) links Earth to space as it radiates from a native American symbol for the sun. At the frontier of space, the traditional symbol for the sun vividly links America's past to America's future, the crew states. Beneath the orbiting Shuttle, darkness of night rests peacefully over the United States. Drawn by artist Sean Collins, the STS 40 Space Shuttle patch was designed by the crewmembers for the flight.
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The STS-40 crew portrait includes 7 astronauts. Pictured on the front row from left to right are F. Drew Gaffney, payload specialist 1; Milli-Hughes Fulford, payload specialist 2; M. Rhea Seddon, mission specialist 3; and James P. Bagian, mission specialist 1. Standing in the rear, left to right, are Bryan D. O'Connor, commander; Tamara E. Jernigan, mission specialist 2; and Sidney M. Gutierrez, pilot. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on June 5, 1991 at 9:24; am (EDT), the STS-40 mission was the fifth dedicated Spacelab Mission, Spacelab Life Sciences-1 (SLS-1), and the first mission dedicated solely to life sciences.