STS-31
STS-31 was the 35th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the tenth flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The primary purpose of this mission was the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) into low Earth orbit. Discovery lifted off from Launch Complex 39B on April 24, 1990, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
- Program
- Space Shuttle program
- Launch
- Apr 24, 1990
- Return
- Apr 29, 1990
- Duration
- 5 days
- Outcome
- Success
Crew
- 🇺🇸 Charles Bolden —
- 🇺🇸 Steven Hawley —
- 🇺🇸 Bruce McCandless II —
- 🇺🇸 Loren Shriver —
- 🇺🇸 Kathryn D. Sullivan —