Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-26
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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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.
Space Shuttle Discovery
Serial OV-103
Launch Crew Count 5
Status Retired
Landing Time 1988-10-03T16:37:00+0000
Crew
Frederick "Rick" Hauck
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1941-04-11
Status Retired
Type Government
Richard O. Covey
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1946-08-01
Status Retired
Type Government
David Hilmers
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1950-01-28
Status Retired
Type Government
George Nelson
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1950-07-13
Status Retired
Type Government
John M. Lounge
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1946-06-28
Deceased 2011-03-01
Status Deceased
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.
