LSOC Space Shuttle STS-30
Space Shuttle
Status
Success
Date
4 MAY 1989
18:46
Launch Provider
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Mission Overview
STS-30 was the twenty-ninth space shuttle mission and the fourth of Atlantis. It was the first mission since the challenger disaster to have a female astronaut on board. It deployed the Venus-bound Magellan probe into orbit.
Rocket
Space Shuttle
Mission Type
Planetary Science
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Stages
2
Livestream
Rocket Details
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.
Height
56.1 m
Diameter
8 m
Launch Mass
2,030 T
Thrust
28,200 kN