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| Crew: 5 | CDR - Richard O. Covey |
| Plt - Frank L. Culbertson | |
| MS 1 - Carl J. Meade (EV 2) | |
| MS 2 - Robert C. Springer (EV 1) | |
| MS 3 - Charles D. Gemar | |
| Launch | 15 November 1990 @ 1848:15 EST |
| Orbital incl: | 28.47 |
| Max alt: | 270.4 km. |
| Orbits: | 80 |
| Dur: | 4:21:54:28 |
| Landing: | 20 November 1990 @ 1642:43 EST |
| Launch Window: | DOD announced period: 6:30 - 10:30 pm EST (Actual window: 1 hour, 26 minutes; 6:46 - 8:12 pm EST) |
| TAL Sites: | Banjul (backup: Ben Guerir) |
| AOA site: | Edwards AFB |
| Primary landing site: | Edwards AFB, scheduled at 19 November, 3:41 pm PST |
| Landing Speed: | 194 knots (223 mph) |
| Landing rollout: | 8,900' from main gear touchdown |
| Vehicle weight @ liftoff: | 4,531,909 lbs |
| Orbiter weight @ liftoff: | 191,091 lbs (without cargo) |
| Orbiter weight @ landing: | N/A |
| Cargo mass approx.: | N/A |
| Landing Weight: | N/A |
| Special mission kits: | EMU's 2010 & 2011, Galley, teleprinter, no RMS |
| DOD-05 AFP-658/IUS (Classified) - 1990-097B/USA-67 | In geosynchronous orbit according to RAE, and was reportedly deployed on FD-2 |
| Mid-deck | AMOS (see STS-29R), APE-B (see STS-9), VFT-1 (see STS-44), and SpaDVOS (see STS-27R) |
| SSME's: | 2019 (1) - 7th use, 2022 (2) & 2027 (3) - Both 5th use. At Tower Clear 104% |
| OMS Pods/Engines: | LP-01/106 - Pod 4th use, Motor 13th use, & RP-03/114 - Pod 12th use, Motor 5th use |
| ET: | ET-40 (LWT-33) - Replaced ET-27 due to leaking 17 in. disconnect |
| SRB's: | BI-039 (RSRM-12) - Set successfully recovered |
| Left - 39A | Right - 39B | |||
| 28 | 047 | Fwd | 045 | 29 |
| 28 | 079 | Cyl | 081 | 29 |
| 28 | 011n | Cyl | 014n | 29 |
| 27 | L82 | Cyl | L88 | 22 |
| 29 | L36n | Cyl | L35n | 29 |
| 27 | L101 | Cyl | L117 | New |
| New | L27n | Cyl | L32n | 28 |
| New | L41 | Att | L08 | 28 |
| New | L65 | Stf | L66 | New |
| 30 | 013 | Stf | 026 | TEM4 |
| New | 050 | Aft | 048 | 28 |
| 20 February 1990 | ET-37 arrives on dock KSC |
| 9 March 1990 | ET-40 arrives on dock KSC |
| 14 March 1990 | OV-104 returns to the OPF following Mission-34/STS-36 |
| 14 May 1990 | ET-37/SRB mate |
| 8 June 1990 | OV-104 rollover from OPF-2 to VAB High Bay 1 for stacking the next day |
| 18 June 1990 | Stack rollout to Pad 39A |
| 21 June 1990 | TCDT countdown dress rehearsal counducted with crew aboard |
| 29 June 1990 | Hydrogen leak test reveals 2 leaks during mini tanking test |
| 25 July 1990 | 2nd leak test with quick fixes in place reveals persistent leak |
| 9 August 1990 | Stack rollback to VAB High Bay 1 |
| 10 August 1990 | Stack rolled into VAB after waiting outside for STS-35 to rollout to Pad 39A (tiles damaged by hail) |
| 14 August 1990 | Stack disassembled to add new ET-40 tank |
| 15 August 1990 | OV-104 returned to OPF |
| 12 September 1990 | ET-40/SRB mate |
| 2 October 1990 | OV-104 rollover to VAB High Bay 1 for restacking next day (minor repairs were made in the OPF first) |
| 3 October 1990 | OV-104 remated to the new ET/Stack |
| 12 October 1990 | Stack returned to Pad 39A |
| 24 October 1990 | Hydrogen leak test at pad to clear Atlantis for flight (partial LH2 loading - mini tanking) |
| 11 November 1990 | "Call to stations" 43 hr countdown started at 11:30 pm EST, started early to accommodate Titan-IV |
| 12 November 1990 | Astronaut arrival KSC |
| 15 November 1990 | Launch |
| 20 November 1990 | Landing at KSC/SLF & OV-104 returned to OPF-2 |