STS-41

STS-41 was the eleventh mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The four-day mission with a primary objective to launch the Ulysses probe as part of the "International Solar Polar Mission". October 6, 1990, 7:47:15 a.m. EDT. Liftoff occurred 12 minutes after two-and-a-half-hour launch window opened at 7:35 a.m. EDT, October 6. Heaviest payload to date. Launch Weight: 259,593 lb (117.749 Mg) . Primary payload, ESA-built Ulysses spacecraft to explo... more

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  • 4 days (Oct 6, 1990 — Oct 10, 1990)
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  • 4 days (Oct 6, 1990 — Oct 10, 1990)
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