STS-41-D

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STS-41-D topic overview

The analysis highlights Mission summary, Mission background and Wake-up calls as prominent areas in the source structure around STS-41-D.

Related topics: 46
Source areas: 4
Connected nodes: 50
Extracted relationships: 61
Concept neighborhoods: 23
Bridge connections: 50

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Mission summary · 28 topics

Overview · 10 topics

Mission background · 6 topics

Wake-up calls · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Apogee altitude: 354 km (220 mi)
Contractor: Rockwell International
COSPAR ID: 1984-093A
Crew size: 6
Distance travelled: 4,010,000 km (2,490,000 mi)
Inclination: 28.50°

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

NASA
Space Shuttle program
Space Shuttle Discovery
Kennedy Space Center
Florida
Edwards Air Force Base
California
Communications satellites Communications satellite
Extendable solar array Electrical system of the International Space Station
International Space Station

Mission background

Mission summary

EDT Eastern Time Zone
STS-41-F Canceled Space Shuttle missions
Henry W. Hartsfield Jr.
Michael L. Coats Michael Coats
Judith A. Resnik Judith Resnik
Richard M. Mullane Mike Mullane
Steven A. Hawley Steven Hawley
Charles D. Walker
McDonnell Douglas
Sally K. Ride Sally Ride
Satellite Business Systems
Telstar 302
Telesat
Canada
Leasat-2 Syncom
Hughes Hughes Aircraft Company
U.S. Navy United States Navy
Solar array Photovoltaic module
Solar cells Solar cell
Crystal
Microgravity Micro-g environment
IMAX
Motion picture camera Movie camera
The Dream is Alive
Pee-sicle Urine
Canadarm
Challenger disaster Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
Morton Thiokol Thiokol

Wake-up calls

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How STS-41-D connects Entity context

The extracted context around STS-41-D shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, STS-41-D → American, August, Because, Charles, Coats, Discovery, EDT, Hartsfield Jr, Hawley, Henry, It, Judith, McDonnell Douglas, Michael, Mullane, NASA, Resnik, Richard, Ride, Sally Another extracted example is STS-41-D → Charles D. Walker, Henry W. Hartsfield Jr., Judith A. Resnik, Michael L. Coats, Richard M. Mullane, Steven A. Hawley. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Top relations

related to Mission summary · 26

STS-41-D → American, August, Because, Charles, Coats, Discovery, EDT, Hartsfield Jr, Hawley, Henry, It, Judith, McDonnell Douglas, Michael, Mullane, NASA, Resnik, Richard, Ride, Sally

Members · 6

STS-41-D → Charles D. Walker, Henry W. Hartsfield Jr., Judith A. Resnik, Michael L. Coats, Richard M. Mullane, Steven A. Hawley

related to External links · 5

STS-41-D → Dream Is Alive, IMDbhttps, NASASTS-41-D, NASASTS-41-D National Space Transportation, Systems Program Mission Report

Apogee altitude · 1

STS-41-D → 354 km (220 mi)

Contractor · 1

STS-41-D → Rockwell International

COSPAR ID · 1

STS-41-D → 1984-093A

Crew size · 1

STS-41-D → 6

Distance travelled · 1

STS-41-D → 4,010,000 km (2,490,000 mi)

Inclination · 1

STS-41-D → 28.50°

Landing date · 1

STS-41-D → September 5, 1984, 13:37:54 (1984-09-05UTC13:37:55Z) UTC (6:37:54 am PDT)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

mission space shuttle launch 1984 engine three abort discovery flight crew first payload solar hartsfield hawley resnik verify one system

STS-41-D relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 61 structured relationships around STS-41-D. Examples in this analysis include STS-41-D → Apogee altitude → 354 km (220 mi) and STS-41-D → Contractor → Rockwell International. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
STS-41-D	Apogee altitude	354 km (220 mi)	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Contractor	Rockwell International	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	COSPAR ID	1984-093A	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Crew size	6	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Distance travelled	4,010,000 km (2,490,000 mi)	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Inclination	28.50°	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Landing date	September 5, 1984, 13:37:54 (1984-09-05UTC13:37:55Z) UTC (6:37:54 am PDT)	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Landing mass	91,418 kg (201,542 lb)	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Landing site	Edwards, Runway 17	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Launch date	August 30, 1984, 12:41:50 (1984-08-30UTC12:41:50Z) UTC (8:41:50 am EDT)	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Launch mass	119,511 kg (263,477 lb)	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Launch site	Kennedy, LC-39A	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Members	Henry W. Hartsfield Jr.	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Members	Michael L. Coats	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Members	Richard M. Mullane	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Members	Steven A. Hawley	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Members	Judith A. Resnik	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Members	Charles D. Walker	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Mission duration	6 days, 56 minutes, 4 seconds	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Mission type	Satellites deployment	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Names	Space Transportation System-12	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Operator	NASA	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Orbits completed	97	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Payload mass	18,681 kg (41,185 lb)	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Perigee altitude	346 km (215 mi)	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Period	90.60 minutes	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Reference system	Geocentric orbit	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Regime	Low Earth orbit	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	SATCAT no.	15234	1.00	infobox
STS-41-D	Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Discovery	1.00	infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around STS-41-D bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Nasa, System and Engine. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

space shuttle program
- Shuttle
- Space
- Mission
- Launch
- Discovery
- First
- Payload
- Sts-41-d
- Edwards
- June
- Main
- Minutes
space shuttle discovery
- Shuttle
- Space
- Mission
- Launch
- Discovery
- First
- Payload
- Sts-41-d
- Edwards
- June
- Main
- Minutes
kennedy space center
- Shuttle
- Mission
- Launch
- Discovery
- Sts-41-d
- Edwards
- June
- Main
- Nasa
- Solar
- First
- Payload
international space station
- Shuttle
- Mission
- Launch
- Discovery
- Sts-41-d
- Edwards
- June
- Main
- Nasa
- Solar
- First
- Payload
space shuttle main engine
- Shuttle
- Space
- Engine
- Main
- Mission
- Verify
- Engines
- Shutdown
- Hawley
- Launch
- Discovery
- First
mission background
- Space
- Shuttle
- Sts-41-d
- Seconds
- Launch
- Array
- Hartsfield
- June
- Main
- Nasa
- Minutes
- Solar
mission summary
- Space
- Shuttle
- Sts-41-d
- Seconds
- Launch
- Array
- Hartsfield
- June
- Main
- Nasa
- Minutes
- Solar
charles d. walker
- Resnik
- System
- Payload
- One
- Coats
- Edwards
- Hawley
- Mullane
- Two
- Shuttle
- Fire
- Following

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For STS-41-D, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects STS-41-D with Mission summary. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

STS-41-D — Mission summary · splits 22 ⟂ 29

STS-41-D — Overview · splits 40 ⟂ 11

STS-41-D — Mission background · splits 44 ⟂ 7

STS-41-D — Wake-up calls · splits 48 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

STS-41-D

Nodes51

Edges50

Triples61

Avg. degree1.96

Density0.039216

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around STS-41-D to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Mission summary, Mission background & Wake-up calls, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — STS-41-D · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout