Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-34
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
T?
--
Days
:
--
Hours
:
--
Mins
:
--
Secs
Date Loading...
STS-34 (Galileo)
STS-34 was the thirty-first shuttle mission and the fifth for Atlantis. It deployed the Jupiter-bound Galileo probe.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Serial OV-104
Launch Crew Count 5
Status Retired
Landing Time 1989-10-23T16:33:00+0000
Crew
Donald E. Williams
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1942-02-13
Deceased 2016-02-23
Status Deceased
Type Government
Michael J. McCulley
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1943-08-04
Status Retired
Type Government
Ellen S. Baker
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1953-04-27
Status Retired
Type Government
Franklin Chang Díaz
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1950-04-05
Status Retired
Type Government
Shannon Lucid
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1943-01-14
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
Programs
NASA Large Strategic Science Missions
NASA's large strategic science missions or large strategic missions, formerly known as Flagship missions or Flagship-class missions, are the costliest and most capable NASA science spacecraft. Flagship missions exist within all four divisions of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD): the astrophysics, Earth science, heliophysics and planetary science divisions.
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.
Related News
2024-10-21T16:56:55+0000
NASA
