Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-27

Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-27

Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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STS-27

STS-27 was the twenty-seventh and the third for Atlantis. It carried a classified payload for the Department of Defence. The heat shielding was substantially damaged during lift-off, impacting the right wing. The crew narrowly survived re-entry with a steal bar taking the brunt of the heat before beginning to burn through the aluminum structure.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis


Serial OV-104

Launch Crew Count 5

Status Retired

Landing Time 1988-12-06T23:36:00+0000


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Crew

Robert L. Gibson

Commander

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1946-10-30

Status Retired

Type Government


Guy Gardner

Pilot

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1948-01-06

Status Retired

Type Government


Jerry L. Ross

Mission Specialist

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1948-01-20

Status Retired

Type Government


Mike Mullane

Mission Specialist

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1945-09-10

Status Retired

Type Government


William Shepherd

Mission Specialist

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1949-07-26

Status Retired

Type Government


Space Shuttle


Height 56.10 Meters

Max Stages 2

Mass To GTO 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust 28200 kN

Diameter 8.00 Meters

Mass To LEO 27500 kg

Liftoff Mass 2030 Tonnes


Launch Success 133

Consecutive Success 22

Maiden Flight 1981-04-12

Launch Failures 2


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Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.

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