STS-51
E569452
STS-51 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission in 1993 that deployed the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite and conducted various scientific experiments in orbit.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA spaceflight
ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission ⓘ |
| commander | Frank L. Culbertson Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conductedExperiment |
life sciences experiments
ⓘ
materials science experiments ⓘ microgravity science experiments ⓘ |
| crewSize | 5 ⓘ |
| deployed |
ACTS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Advanced Communications Technology Satellite NERFINISHED ⓘ ORFEUS-SPAS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| EVA | spacewalk to evaluate EVA tools and techniques ⓘ |
| EVAcount | 1 ⓘ |
| EVAPerformed | yes ⓘ |
| followedBy | STS-58 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1993-09-22 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1993-09-12 ⓘ |
| launchPad | Launch Complex 39B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration |
9 days
ⓘ
about 236 hours ⓘ |
| missionSpecialist |
Carl E. Walz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Daniel W. Bursch NERFINISHED ⓘ James H. Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType |
microgravity research
ⓘ
satellite deployment ⓘ technology demonstration ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitApogee | approximately 306 km ⓘ |
| orbitInclination | 28.45 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitPerigee | approximately 296 km ⓘ |
| orbitPeriod | about 90 minutes ⓘ |
| payload |
ACTS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
GAS experiments ⓘ Get Away Special canisters NERFINISHED ⓘ Middeck experiments ⓘ ORFEUS-SPAS NERFINISHED ⓘ Orbiting Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer NERFINISHED ⓘ SPAS NERFINISHED ⓘ Shuttle Pallet Satellite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pilot | William F. Readdy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | STS-57 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryPayload | Advanced Communications Technology Satellite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retrieved | ORFEUS-SPAS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraft | OV-103 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceShuttle | Space Shuttle Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spaceShuttleProgram | Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vehicleFlightNumber | Discovery flight 17 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfFlight | 1993 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.