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STS-41-C post flight presentation, narrated by the astronauts (19 minutes). STS-41-C launched successfully at 8:58 a.m. EST on April 6, 1984. The mission marked the first direct ascent trajectory for the Space Shuttle; Challenger reached its 533 km (331 mi) - high orbit using its Orbiter Maneuvering System (OMS) engines only once, to ...
It was first tested on February 7 during mission STS-41-B by astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart. Two months later, during mission STS-41-C , astronauts James van Hoften and George Nelson attempted to use the MMU to capture the Solar Maximum Mission satellite and to bring it into the orbiter's payload bay for repairs and servicing.
Both astronauts practiced using tools and procedures for the planned capture and repair of the Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) satellite to be performed in a subsequent flight. [59] 49. STS-41-B EVA 2 Bruce McCandless Robert Stewart: 9 February 1984 10:24 9 February 1984 16:41 6 h 17 min McCandless and Stewart continued testing the MMUs.
The crew of Space Shuttle mission STS-41-C spent months training for the capture, repair, and release of the Solar Max satellite including practicing using the Manned Maneuvering Unit. [ 16 ] The Neutral Buoyancy Simulator was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1985.
STS-41 launches from Kennedy Space Center, on October 6, 1990. Ulysses after deployment. Discovery lifted off on October 6 1990 at 7:47:16 a.m. EDT. Liftoff occurred 12 minutes after a two-and-a-half-hour launch window opened that day at 7:35 a.m. EDT. STS-41 featured the heaviest payload to date; Discovery weighed 117,749 kg (259,592 lb). [2]
The codes were adopted from STS-41-B through STS-51-L (although the highest code used was actually STS-61-C), and the sequential numbers were used internally at NASA on all processing paperwork. After the Challenger disaster, NASA returned to using a sequential numbering system, with the number counting from the beginning of the STS program ...
Car manufacturer Stellantis is recalling 211,581 SUVs and pickup trucks over a software malfunction that could cause their electronic stability control systems to fail.
Melnick served as a mission specialist during STS-41. [2] Discovery launched from LC-39B , on October 6, 1990, at 11:47:15 UTC. [ 3 ] : 1 The primary goal of the mission was to deploy the Ulysses spacecraft [ 3 ] : 1 in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), which observed the Sun's activity across different latitudes.