STS-40

STS-40

Spacelab Module LM1 in Columbia's payload bay, serving as the Spacelab Life Sciences laboratory
Names	Space Transportation System-40
Mission type	Spacelab Life Sciences-1 (SLS-1)
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1991-040A
SATCAT no.	21399
Mission duration	9 days, 2 hours, 14 minutes, 20 seconds
Distance travelled	6,083,223 km (3,779,940 mi)
Orbits completed	146
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Columbia
Launch mass	114,290 kg (251,970 lb)
Landing mass	102,283 kg (225,495 lb)
Payload mass	12,374 kg (27,280 lb)
Crew
Crew size	7
Members	Bryan D. O'Connor Sidney M. Gutierrez James P. Bagian Tamara E. Jernigan Rhea Seddon F. Drew Gaffney Millie Hughes-Fulford
Start of mission
Launch date	June 5, 1991, 13:24:51 (June 5, 1991, 13:24:51) UTC (9:24:51 am EDT)
Launch site	Kennedy, LC-39B
Contractor	Rockwell International
End of mission
Landing date	June 14, 1991, 15:39:11 (June 14, 1991, 15:39:11) UTC (8:39:11 am PDT)
Landing site	Edwards, Runway 22
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude	287 km (178 mi)
Apogee altitude	296 km (184 mi)
Inclination	39.02°
Period	90.40 minutes
Instruments
Getaway Special (GAS) canisters Middeck Zero-Gravity Dynamics Experiment (MODE)
STS-40 mission patch Back row: O'Connor, Jernigan and Gutierrez Front row: Gaffney, Hughes-Fulford, Seddon and Bagian Space Shuttle program ← STS-39 (40) STS-43 (42) →

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]