yee@scam.Berkeley.EDU (Peter Yee) (09/26/90)
Mark Hess/Ed Campion Headquarters, Washington, D.C. September 25, 1990 (Phone: 202/453-8536) Lisa Malone Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (Phone: 407/867-2468) LAUNCH ADVISORY: STS-41/ULYSSES LAUNCH DATE SELECTED NASA managers today selected Oct. 6, 1990, as the launch date for Space Shuttle mission STS-41 to deploy the European Space Agency's Ulysses probe on a 5-year journey to study the sun. "This date is a little success oriented and is dependent on not encountering any unusual problems," said Space Shuttle Director Robert L. Crippen. "But I think the Shuttle team has a good chance of making the 6th." The launch window for Oct. 6th extends from 7:35 a.m. to 10:05 a.m. EDT. NASA received Office of Science and Technology Policy nuclear launch safety approval for the Ulysses mission on Monday, Sept. 24, 1990. STS-41 will be the 36th Space Shuttle mission and the 11th of the orbiter Discovery. The mission is slated to last just over 4 days with a planned landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The flight crew for STS-41 is Commander Richard N. Richards, Pilot Robert D. Cabana and Mission Specialists William M. Shepherd, Bruce E. Melnick and Thomas D. Akers.