STS-41Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 Lockheed Space Operations Company Launch Status Success Sat ยท Oct 6th, 1990 7:47 AM EDT Watch Online Crew William Shepherd Mission Specialist Status: Retired 7/26/1949 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 12/2/1988 Last Flight: 10/31/2000 William McMichael "Bill" Shepherd is an American former Navy SEAL, aerospace, ocean, and mechanical engineer, and NASA astronaut who served as Commander of Expedition 1, the first crew on the International Space Station. He is also a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. Richard N. Richards Commander Status: Retired 8/24/1946 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 8/8/1989 Last Flight: 9/9/1994 Richard Noel "Dick" Richards is a retired American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, chemical engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. He flew aboard four Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s and 1990s. Robert D. Cabana Pilot Status: Retired 1/23/1949 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 10/6/1990 Last Flight: 12/4/1998 Robert Donald Cabana is the director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center, a former NASA astronaut, and a veteran of four Space Shuttle flights. He is also a former naval flight officer and naval aviator in the United States Marine Corps. Bruce E. Melnick Mission Specialist Status: Retired 12/5/1949 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 10/6/1990 Last Flight: 5/7/1992 Bruce Edward Melnick is a former American astronaut and retired United States Coast Guard officer. Following retirement from NASA and the Coast Guard, he entered the aerospace industry. He served as a Vice President with the Boeing Co.'s Integrated Defense Systems group, in charge of Boeing's Florida operations at the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Melnick retired in 2008 and currently resides on Merritt Island, Florida. Thomas Akers Mission Specialist Status: Retired 5/20/1951 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 10/6/1990 Last Flight: 9/26/1996 Thomas Dale Akers is a former American astronaut in NASA's Space Shuttle program. Mission STS-41 Type: Heliophysics STS-41 was the eleventh mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The four-day mission with a primary objective the launch the Ulysses probe as part of the International Solar Polar Mission. Location Launch Complex 39B Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA 185 rockets have launched from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Rocket Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103 Length: 38.1 meters Diameter: 8.4 meters First Launch: August 30, 1984 Space Shuttle Discovery is one of the orbiters from NASA’s Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date. The Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103 rocket has been launched a total of 38 times with 38 successful and 0 failed launches. Agency Lockheed Space Operations Company Type: Commercial Abbreviation: LSOC Country: USA View Rocket Launch Schedule