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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-31 Launch

The Space Shuttle Discovery is moments away from liftoff on the STS-31 mission, with the crew and ground control teams in a state of heightened focus as final checks are completed. The massive engines

Year 1990
Date 4/24
Location Launch Complex 39b, Florida, United States
Layer 2
Visibility PUBLIC
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Key Figures

Loren Shriver Charles Bolden Ground Controller Technician Steven Hawley
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 604 linked moments

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Hubble Space Telescope Launch
1990 · contemporaneous
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Space Shuttle Discovery Hubble Deployment (STS-31)
1990 · contemporaneous
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Hubble Space Telescope launch
1990 · contemporaneous
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STS-31 Hubble Space Telescope Launch
1990 · contemporaneous
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STS-27 Launch (Atlantis)
1988 · same location
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Space Shuttle Discovery STS-26 (Return to Flight)
1988 · same location
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · same figure
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Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · same figure
A
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · same figure
A
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · same figure
A
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · same figure
A
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · same figure
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STS-31 Hubble Deployment
1990 · same figure
A
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Discovery First Flight (STS-41-D)
1984 · same figure
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Hubble Space Telescope Deployment (STS-31)
1990 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Discovery Hubble Deployment (STS-31)
1990 · same figure
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Launch of STS-93
1999 · same figure
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STS-31 Hubble Space Telescope Deployment
1990 · same figure
A
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · same figure
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Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-61 First Hubble Servicing Mission
1993 · same era
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Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-61 First Hubble Servicing Mission
1993 · follows
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Salyut 1 Launch
1971 · thematic
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Soyuz 11 Launch
1971 · thematic
A
Apollo 14 Launch
1971 · thematic
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Luna 16 Launch
1970 · thematic
A
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · thematic
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Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
2003 · thematic
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Soyuz 11 Tragedy
1971 · thematic
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STS-26 Return to Flight
1988 · same era
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STS-26 Return to Flight
1988 · precedes
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STS-26 Return to Flight
1988 · thematic
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Soyuz 19 Launch
1975 · thematic
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2017 · thematic
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Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
1986 · same era
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Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
1986 · precedes