\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH DATE: \<COLOUR 0> October 6, 1990
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Kennedy Space Center, Florida
\<COLOUR 1> FLIGHT TIME: \<COLOUR 0> 4 days 2 hr 10 min
\<COLOUR 1> LANDING SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Edwards Air Force Base, California
\<COLOUR 1> CREW: \<COLOUR 0> Richard N Richards, Robert D Cabana, William M Shepherd, Bruce E Melnick, Thomas D Akers
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USA
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> Deployment of European Space Agency's Ulysses probe to explore polar regions of the Sun; inertial upper stage (IUS) and PAM-S boosters propel Ulysses on its 5-year mission out of the ecliptic, or Earth's orbital plane.