1991 · Lockheed Space Operations Company
STS-37
successSpace Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-37
STS-37 was the eighth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis with the primary obective of launching the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. The mission featured two spacewalks, the first since 1985.
Overview
- Date / time
- April 5, 1991 at 02:22 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39B
- Mission
- STS-37
- Mission type
- Astrophysics
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit