\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH DATE: \<COLOUR 0> April 28, 1991
\<COLOUR 1> LAUNCH SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Kennedy Space Center, Florida
\<COLOUR 1> FLIGHT TIME: \<COLOUR 0> 8 days 7 hr 22 min
\<COLOUR 1> LANDING SITE: \<COLOUR 0> Kennedy Space Center, Florida
\<COLOUR 1> CREW: \<COLOUR 0> Michael L Coats, Blaine Hammond, Guion S Bluford, Richard J Hieb, C Lacy Veach, Donald R McMonagle, Gregory J Harbaugh
\<COLOUR 1> COUNTRY: \<COLOUR 0> USA
\<COLOUR 1> COMMENTS: \<COLOUR 0> Dedicated Department of Defense mission, with classified and unclassified payloads; latter includes infrared background signature survey, using shuttle pallet satellite (SPAS II); unscheduled landing at Kennedy due to bad weather at Edwards AFB.