Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-39
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-39
STS-39 was the twelfth mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery and its primary purpose was to conduct a variety of payload experiments for the Department of Defence.
Space Shuttle Discovery
Serial OV-103
Launch Crew Count 7
Status Retired
Landing Time 1991-05-06T18:55:00+0000
Crew
Michael Coats
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1946-01-16
Status Retired
Type Government
Lloyd Hammond
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1952-01-16
Status Retired
Type Government
Charles L. Veach
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1944-09-18
Deceased 1995-10-03
Status Deceased
Type Government
Donald R. McMonagle
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1952-05-14
Status Retired
Type Government
Gregory Harbaugh
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1956-04-15
Status Retired
Type Government
Guion Bluford
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1942-11-22
Status Retired
Type Government
Richard Hieb
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1955-09-21
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.
