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STS31 Mission:HubbleSpaceTelescopeDeploy SpaceShuttle:Discovery LaunchPad:39B LaunchWeight:249,109pounds Launched:April24,1990,8:33:51a.m.EDT LandingSite:EdwardsAirForceBase,Calif. Landing:April29,1990,6:49:57a.m.PDT LandingWeight:189,118pounds Runway:22 RolloutDistance:8,874feet RolloutTime:61seconds Revolution:80 MissionDuration:5days,1hour,16minutes,6seconds ReturnedtoKSC:May7,1990 OrbitAltitude:330nauticalmiles OrbitInclination:28.45degrees MilesTraveled:2.1million CrewMembers

Imageabove:STS31CrewphotowithCommanderLorenJ.Shriver,PilotCharlesF.Bolden,Jr.,MissionSpecialists StevenA.Hawley,BruceMcCandlessIIandKathrynD.Sullivan.ImageCredit:NASA LaunchHighlights ThelaunchwasscheduledforApril18,thenApril12,thenApril10,followingtheFlight ReadinessReview(FRR).ThefirstdatesetatFRRwasearlierthanthatshownonprevious planningschedules.ThelaunchscheduledforApril10wasscrubbedatT4minutesduetoa faultyvalveinauxiliarypowerunit(APU)numberone.TheAPUwasreplacedandpayload batteriesrecharged.CountdownbrieflyhaltedatT31secondswhencomputersoftware failedtoshutdownafuelvalvelineongroundsupportequipment.Engineersorderedvalve toshutandcountdowncontinued.

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MissionHighlights Theprimarypayload,HubbleSpaceTelescope,deployedina380statutemileorbit.Secondarypayloads:IMAXCargo BayCamera(ICBC)todocumentoperationsoutsidecrewcabinandhandheldIMAXcameraforuseinsidecrewcabin AscentParticleMonitor(APM)todetectparticulatematterinpayloadbayProteinCrystalGrowth(PCG)toprovidedataon growingproteincrystalsinmicrogravityRadiationMonitoringEquipmentIII(RMEIII)tomeasuregammaraylevelsincrew cabinInvestigationsintoPolymerMembraneProcessing(IPMP)todetermineporositycontrolinmicrogravity environmentShuttleStudentInvolvementProgram(SSIP)experimenttostudyeffectsofnearweightlessnessonelectrical arcs,andAirForceMauiOpticalSite(AMOS)experiment.

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