Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-26
Lockheed Space Operations Company · Space Shuttle · Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Lockheed Space Operations Company's 17th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 3,348th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Sep 29, 15:37 – Sep 29, 15:37 UTC
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STS-26
STS-26 was the twenty-sixth space shuttle mission and the seventh flight of the orbiter Discovery. It was the return to flight mission after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. It was the first to have all of its crew members wear pressure suits for launch and landing since STS-4 and the first mission with bailout capability since STS-4. It was also the first all-veteran crew mission since Apollo-11 with all of its crew having flown at least on prior mission.
Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Crew
Frederick "Rick" HauckCommander · NASA
David HilmersMission Specialist · NASA
Richard O. CoveyPilot · NASA
George NelsonMission Specialist · NASA
John M. LoungeMission Specialist · NASA
Booster
No booster details available.
