STS-30 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the 29th shuttle mission, and the fourth for Atlantis. It carried the Magellan probe bound for Venus.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Pad B, Launch Complex 39, KSC, at 2:48 p.m. EDT on May 4, 1989. The primary payload, the Magellan spacecraft with its attached Inertial Upper Stage (IUS), was successfully deployed later that day. STS-30 was the first Ame...
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STS-30 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the 29th shuttle mission, and the fourth for Atlantis. It carried the Magellan probe bound for Venus.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Pad B, Launch Complex 39, KSC, at 2:48 p.m. EDT on May 4, 1989. The primary payload, the Magellan spacecraft with its attached Inertial Upper Stage (IUS), was successfully deployed later that day. STS-30 was the first American planetary mission in 11 years. It was the fourth flight of the Orbiter Atlantis, and the 29th Space Shuttle mission.
Launch was originally scheduled April 28, the first day of the 31-day launch period when Earth and Venus are properly aligned. But liftoff was scrubbed at T-31 seconds because of a problem with the liquid hydrogen recirculation pump on Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) No. 1 and a vapor leak in the liquid hydrogen recirculation line between the orbiter and external tank. On the rescheduled liftoff date, May 4, launch was...
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