Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 28th April, 1991 With the mission clock in the foreground Space Shuttle "Discovery" Lifts off from pad 39A on STS-39. Mission: Department of Defense, AFP-675; IBSS; SPAS-II Space Shuttle: Discovery Launch Pad: 39A Launched: April 28, 1991, 7:33:14 EDT Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida Landing: May 6, 1991, 2:55:37 EDT Mission Duration: 8 days, 7 hours, 22 minutes, 23 seconds Dedicated Department of Defense mission. An unclassified payload included Air Force Program-675 (AFP675); Infrared Back Credit: Mark Reinstein
Merritt Island, Florida. 4-28-1991 With the mission clock in the foreground Space Shuttle "Discovery" Lifts off from pad 39A on STS-39. Mission: Department of Defense, AFP-675; IBSS; SPAS-II Space Shuttle: Discovery Launch Pad: 39A Launched: April 28, 1991, 7:33:14 EDT Landing Site: Kennedy Space Center, Florida Landing: May 6, 1991, 2:55:37 EDT Mission Duration: 8 days, 7 hours, 22 minutes, 23 seconds Orbit Altitude: 190 nautical miles Orbit Inclination: 57 degrees Dedicated Department of Defense mission. An unclassified payload included Air Force Program-675 (AFP675); Infrared Background Signature Survey (IBSS) with Critical Ionization Velocity (CIV), Chemical Release Observation (CRO) and Shuttle Pallet Satellite-II (SPAS-II) experiments; and Space Test Payload-1 (STP-1). Classified payload consisted of Multi-Purpose Release Canister (MPEC). Also on board was Radiation Monitoring Equipment III (RME III) and Cloud Logic to Optimize Use of Defense Systems-IA (CLOUDS-I). Crew consisted of Commander Michael L. Coats, Pilot L. Blaine Hammond, Mission Specialists Guion S. Bluford Jr., Gregory J. Harbaugh, Richard J. Hieb, Donald R. McMonagle and Charles L. Veach. Credit: Mark Reinstein
Size: 3328px × 5111px
Location: Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA,
Photo credit: © mark reinstein / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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