STS-40

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.

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1991  Wikimedia, Wikidata
human spaceflight, Tamara E. Jernigan, Margaret Rhea Seddon, F. Drew Gaffney, Millie Hughes-Fulford, low Earth orbit, Bryan D. O'Connor, James P. Bagian, Sidney M. Gutierrez, 

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1991 STS-40

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landing

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rocket launch

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Frameless

DisksInSpace

STS-40 crew

STS-40-GAS

STS-40 (15063236890)

Crew Transport Vehicle at Edwards Air Force Base (1991)

Ann-Richards-STS-40-JSC-visit-1992-uncropped

Ann-Richards-STS-40-JSC-visit-1992

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		DisksInSpace		Commons
commons	image		STS-40 crew		Commons
commons	image		STS-40-GAS		Commons
commons	image		STS-40 (15063236890)		Commons
commons	image		Crew Transport Vehicle at Edwards Air Force Base (1991)		Commons
commons	image		Ann-Richards-STS-40-JSC-visit-1992-uncropped		Commons
commons	image		Ann-Richards-STS-40-JSC-visit-1992		Commons