Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Description
STS-40 was the eleventh launch of Columbia and carried the Spacelab module for Spacelab Life Sciences 1 (SLS-1), the fifth Spacelab mission and the first dedicated to biology. It was also the first mission to carry three women crew members.
Details
Type
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Location
Unknown
Date
Wed, Jun 5, 1991, 13:24
Weather
ProMission Patch
