Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-26

Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-26

Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

T?

--

Days

:

--

Hours

:

--

Mins

:

--

Secs

Date Loading...
Trajectory

Lockheed Space Operations Company

Website

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.

info More Information

Space Shuttle Discovery


Serial OV-103

Launch Crew Count 5

Status Retired

Landing Time 1988-10-03T16:37:00+0000


Wiki

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


Wiki

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.

See More News