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.
Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OVu2011104) is a Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle belonging to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the…
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.
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Mission Profile
STS-30 was a Space Shuttle mission operated by Lockheed Space Operations Company that lifted off from Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on May 4, 1989. The flight carried its payload on a planetary science mission to Low Earth Orbit. It was flown as part of the Space Shuttle program. The launch was a success.