Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-85
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-85
STS-85 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission to perform multiple space science packages. It was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 7 August 1997.
Space Shuttle Discovery
Serial OV-103
Launch Crew Count 6
Status Retired
Landing Time 1997-08-19T11:08:00+0000
Crew
Curtis Brown
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1956-03-11
Status Retired
Type Government
Kent Rominger
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1956-08-07
Status Retired
Type Government
Bjarni Tryggvason
Payload Specialist
Nationality Canadian
Date Of Birth 1945-09-21
Deceased 2022-04-06
Status Deceased
Type Government
Jan Davis
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1953-11-01
Status Retired
Type Government
Robert Curbeam
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1962-03-05
Status Retired
Type Government
Stephen Robinson
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1955-10-26
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
Programs
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.
