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.