STS-31

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Discovery mission NASA spaceflight Space Shuttle mission

STS-31 was a 1990 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission best known for deploying the Hubble Space Telescope into low Earth orbit.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
STS-31 canonical 14
Space Shuttle mission STS-31 2
Space Shuttle Discovery STS-31 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Discovery mission ⓘ
NASA spaceflight ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ
agency NASA ⓘ
apoapsis approximately 615 kilometers ⓘ
carriedPayload Hubble Space Telescope support equipment ⓘ
IMAX ⓘ
surface form: IMAX camera
commander Loren J. Shriver ⓘ
crewNationality United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewSize 5 ⓘ
deploymentMethod Shuttle Remote Manipulator System ⓘ
surface form: Remote Manipulator System
followedBy STS-41 ⓘ
hubbleDeploymentDate 1990-04-25 ⓘ
hubbleOrbitInsertion low Earth orbit at about 600 km altitude ⓘ
inclination approximately 28.5 degrees ⓘ
isHubbleDeploymentMission true ⓘ
landingDate 1990-04-29 ⓘ
landingLocation Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ
surface form: Edwards Air Force Base, California
landingSite Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ
launchCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
launchDate 1990-04-24 ⓘ
launchLocation Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
launchYear 1990 ⓘ
missionDesignation STS-31 self-link ⓘ
missionDuration 5 days ⓘ
approximately 121 hours ⓘ
missionPatchFeature Hubble Space Telescope imagery ⓘ
missionSpecialist Bruce McCandless II ⓘ
Kathryn D. Sullivan ⓘ
Steven A. Hawley ⓘ
notableFor Deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope into low Earth orbit ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbiter Discovery ⓘ
orbitPeriod approximately 96 minutes ⓘ
orbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
payload Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
periapsis approximately 600 kilometers ⓘ
pilot Charles F. Bolden Jr. ⓘ
precededBy STS-36 ⓘ
primaryObjective Deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ
program NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle program
spacecraft Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ
usedLaunchVehicle Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ
usedRemoteManipulatorSystem Canadarm ⓘ
wasFirstToDeploy Hubble Space Telescope ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hubble Space Telescope → launchMission → STS-31 ⓘ
Space Shuttle Discovery → notableMission → STS-31 ⓘ
STS-31 → missionDesignation → STS-31 self-link ⓘ
Faint Object Camera → launchMission → STS-31 ⓘ
Faint Object Spectrograph → launchMission → STS-31 ⓘ
OV-103 → notableMission → STS-31 ⓘ
Bruce McCandless II → spaceMission → STS-31 ⓘ
Kathryn D. Sullivan → spaceMission → STS-31 ⓘ
Steve Hawley → spaceMission → STS-31 ⓘ
Discovery → notableMission → STS-31 ⓘ
subject surface form: Space Shuttle Discovery
Charles F. Bolden Jr. → spaceMission → STS-31 ⓘ
Steven A. Hawley → notableWork → STS-31 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle mission STS-31
Steven A. Hawley → participantIn → STS-31 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle mission STS-31
Steven A. Hawley → missionSpecialistOn → STS-31 ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope solar arrays → launchedWith → STS-31 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Space Shuttle Discovery STS-31
Loren J. Shriver → spaceMission → STS-31 ⓘ
STS-36 → followedBy → STS-31 ⓘ