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1992 · Lockheed Space Operations Company

STS-42

successSpace Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-42

STS-42 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission with the Spacelab module. The main goal of the mission was to study the effects of microgravity on a variety of organisms.

Overview

Date / time
January 22, 1992 at 02:52 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 39A
Mission
STS-42
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Space Shuttle →
Launch provider
Lockheed Space Operations Company →

Payloads deployed · 1

STS 42
LEO