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Living Person

STS-51
is

As of April 15, 2026

33 years old
approximately!

Date of Birth

(1993 ) is

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Moon

approx. 446.2 years old

Mercury

approx. 138.6 years old

Venus

approx. 54.2 years old

Mars

approx. 17.7 years old

Jupiter

approx. 2.8 years old

Saturn

approx. 1.1 years old

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STS-51
Spacecraft properties
IMAX photography of Discovery in orbit, viewed from the free-flying SPAS-ORFEUS astronomy platform
Names	Space Transportation System-51

Mission type	Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) satellite deployment Astronomy
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1993-058A
SATCAT no.	22795
Mission duration	9 days, 20 hours, 11 minutes, 6 seconds (achieved)
Distance travelled	6,608,628 km (4,106,411 mi)
Orbits completed	157


Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Discovery
Landing mass	92,371 kg (203,643 lb)
Payload mass	18,947 kg (41,771 lb)


Crew
Crew size	5
Members	Frank L. Culbertson Jr. William F. Readdy James H. Newman Daniel W. Bursch Carl E. Walz


Start of mission
Launch date	September 12, 1993, 11:45:00 UTC
Launch site	Kennedy, LC-39B
Contractor	Rockwell International


End of mission
Landing date	September 22, 1993, 07:56:06 UTC
Landing site	Kennedy, SLF Runway 15


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude	300 km (190 mi)
Apogee altitude	308 km (191 mi)
Inclination	28.45°
Period	90.60 minutes

Instruments
Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS) Airborne Support Equipment (ASE) Auroral Photography Experiment (APE-B) Chromosome and Plant Cell Division in Space (CHROMEX) Commercial Protein Crystal Growth (CPCG) High Resolution Shuttle Glow Spectroscopy (HRSGS-A) Interstellar Medium Absorption Profile Spectrograph (IMAPS) Investigation into Polymer Membrane Processing (IPMP) Limited Duration space environment Candidate materials Exposure (LDCE) Radiation Monitoring Equipment (RME-III)
STS-51 mission patch From left: Culbertson, Bursch, Walz, Readdy and Newman Space Shuttle program ← STS-57 (56) STS-58 (58) →

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