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| Crew: 5 | CDR - Daniel C. Brandenstein |
| Plt - James D. Wetherbee | |
| MS 1 - Bonnie J. Dunbar (EV 1) | |
| MS 2 - Marsha S. Ivins | |
| MS 3 - G. David Low (EV 2) | |
| Launch | 9 January 1990 @ 0735:00.017 EST |
| Orbital incl: | 28.50 |
| Max alt: | 357.3 km. |
| Orbits: | 172 |
| Dur: | 10:21:00:37 |
| Landing: | 20 January 1990 @ 0135:37 PST |
| Launch Window: | 58 minutes (7:35 - 8:33 am EST) |
| TAL Sites: | Ben Guerir (alternate Moron). Contingency in-plane abort: Banjul |
| AOA site: | Edwards, AFB |
| Primary landing site: | Edwards AFB, scheduled at 3:55 am PST, 19 January |
| Landing Speed: | 207 knots (238 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 10,731' from main gear touchdown |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,523,841 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 252,177 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | 228,335 lbs |
| Cargo mass approx.: | 26,625 lbs |
| Landing Weight: | 37,732 lbs |
| Special mission kits: | RMS-201, EMU's 2003 & 2001, Galley, teleprinter, five filled cryo-tanks, rendezvous radar, TAGS and PSA |
| HS-381 Syncom IV-5 (LEASAT-5) - 1990-002B | Deployed mass - 15,286 lbs. Leasat mass - 3,054 lbs) |
| LDEF - 1984-034B | Deployed on STS-41C. Retrieved. |
| Mid-deck | PCGIII-2 (see STS-29), FEA-3 (Microgravity Disturbance Exp.), AFE (see 51D), IMAX, MLE (see STS-26), AMOS, CNCR (Characterization of Neurospora Circadium Rythms), L3 (Latitude - Longitude Locator Experiment) (see STS-28R), IOCM (Interim Operational Contamination Monitor/USAF) |
| OEX | ACIP/HiRAP |
| SSME's: | 2024 (1) - 1st use, 2022 (2) & 2028 (3) - 4th use. At Tower Clear 104% |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-03/105 - Pod 9th use, Motor 7th use & RP-04/108 - Pod 5th use, Motor 9th use |
| ET: | ET-32 (LWT-25) with AADS package |
| SRB's: | BI-035 (RSRM-8) - Set successfully recovered |
| Left - 35A | Right - 35B | |||
| New | ? | Fwd | ? | 26 |
| 24 | ? | Cyl | ? | 26 |
| 26 | ? | Cyl | ? | 26 |
| 17 | ? | Cyl | ? | 26 |
| PVM1 | ? | Cyl | ? | 26 |
| 18 | ? | Cyl | ? | PVM1 |
| New | ? | Cyl | ? | PVM1 |
| New | ? | Att | ? | New |
| New | ? | Stf | ? | New |
| New | ? | Stf | ? | New |
| 26 | ? | Aft | ? | TEM1 |
| 31 July 1989 | ET-32 arrives on dock KSC |
| 22 August 1989 | OV-102 returns to the OPF-2 following Mission-30/28R |
| 2 November 1989 | ET/SRB mate |
| 16 November 1989 | OV-102 rollover from OPF-2 to VAB High Bay 1 for stacking same day |
| 28 November 1989 | Stack rollout to Pad 39A (first time this pad has been used since 61-C on 12 January 1986) |
| 30 Novmeber 1989 | Leasat payload installed in cargo bay at Pad 39A |
| 1 December 1989 | TCDT dress rehearsal conducted with crew aboard orbiter |
| 4 January 1990 | "Call to stations" 43 hour countdown started at 4 pm EST |
| 5 January 1990 | Astronaut arrival KSC |
| 9 January 1990 | Launch |
| 20 January 1990 | Landing at Edwards AFB |
| 25 January 1990 | First leg of ferry flight from Edwards AFB to DAvis-Monthan AFB to Kelly AFB with an overnight stay |
| 26 January 1990 | Final leg of ferry flight from Kelly AFB to Eglin AFB to KSC and delivery to OPF-1 the next day |
| 30 January 1990 | LDEF is removed from Columbia payload bay in OPF-1 |