Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1985.
1Flight
3d 1hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Colonel Gary Eugene Payton, USAF, (born June 20, 1948) is an American former astronaut. Payton flew on the STS-51-C mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in January 1985 which launched and returned to land at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. STS-51C was the first dedicated Space Shuttle Department of Defense mission. Payton traveled over 1.2 million miles in 48 Earth orbits, and logged more than 73 hours in space.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-CJanuary 24, 1985 · 19:50 UTC
Born 1948-06-20