STS-40, the eleventh launch of Space Shuttle Columbia, was a nine-day mission in June 1991. It carried the Spacelab module for Spacelab Life Sciences 1 (SLS-1), the fifth Spacelab mission and the first dedicated solely to biology. STS-40 was the first spaceflight that included three women crew members. [1]

1991年6月5日 · STS-40 was the fifth dedicated Spacelab mission, Spacelab Life Sciences-1, and first mission dedicated solely to life sciences, using the habitable module. The STS-40 crew portrait includes 7 astronauts.

STS-39 是历史上第四十一次航天飞机任务，也是 哥伦比亚号航天飞机 的第十一次太空飞行。

STS-39 是历史上第四十一次太空梭任务，也是 哥伦比亚号太空梭 的第十一次太空飞行。

1991年2月9日 · STS-40 Fact Sheet. By Cliff Lethbridge. STS-40 — Columbia. 41st Space Shuttle Mission. 11th Flight of Columbia. Crew: Bryan D. O’Connor, Commander. Sidney M. Gutierrez, Pilot. James P. Bagian, Mission Specialist. Tamara E. Jernigan, Mission Specialist. M. Rhea Seddon, Mission Specialist. F. Drew Gaffney, Payload Specialist. Millie Hughes ...

2020年3月26日 · During the SLS-1 mission, the STS-40 crew performed experiments which should explore how the heart, blood vessels, lungs, kidneys and hormone-secreting glands respond to microgravity, the causes of space sickness and changes in muscles, bones and cells during the microgravity environment of space flight and in the readjustment to gravity upon ...

Shuttle mission STS-40, the 41st flight of the Space Shuttle and the 11th flight of Columbia, will conduct the Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-1) mission, the first Spacelab dedicated to life sciences research. The launch of the SLS-1 mission is currently scheduled for no earlier than 9:20 a.m. EDT on May 24.

STS-40 Mission Patch The launch was originally set for May 22, 1991. The mission was postponed less than 48 hours before launch when it became known that a leaking liquid hydrogen transducer in the orbiter main propulsion system, which was removed and replaced during leak testing in 1990, had failed an analysis by the vendor.

The STS-40 Space Shuttle Program Mission Report contains a summary of the vehicle subsystem operations during the forty-first flight of the Space Shuttle and the eleventh flight of the Orbiter Vehicle Columbia (OV-102).

2021年6月7日 · Visit APPEL KS’s Shuttle Era Resources Page to learn more about STS-40 and the 134 other shuttle missions that deployed key satellites, repaired the Hubble Space Telescope, enabled important new research, and were instrumental in construction of …