STS-34 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the 31st shuttle mission, and the 5th flight for Atlantis. It carried the Galileo probe bound for Jupiter.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Pad B, Launch Complex 39, KSC, at 12:53 p.m. EDT on Oct. 18, 1989. It carried the Jupiter-bound Galileo spacecraft in its cargo bay. The countdown was held at T minus 5 minutes for 3 minutes and 40 seconds to update ...
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STS-34 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the 31st shuttle mission, and the 5th flight for Atlantis. It carried the Galileo probe bound for Jupiter.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off from Pad B, Launch Complex 39, KSC, at 12:53 p.m. EDT on Oct. 18, 1989. It carried the Jupiter-bound Galileo spacecraft in its cargo bay. The countdown was held at T minus 5 minutes for 3 minutes and 40 seconds to update the onboard computer for a change in the Transoceanic Abort Landing (TAL) site. The TAL site was changed from Ben Guerir Air Base, Morocco, to Zaragoza Air Base, Spain, because of rain at Ben Guerir.
Launch was originally targeted for Oct. 12, the first day of the 41-day launch period during which the planets are properly aligned for a flight past Venus and Earth and, eventually, to Jupiter. Liftoff was rescheduled for Oct. 17 to replace a faulty main engine controller for Space Shuttle Main Engine No. 2. It was postponed again until Oct. 18...
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