Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-C
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-51-C
STS-51-C was the fifteenth flight of the shuttle program and third for the Space Shuttle Discovery. It was the first space shuttle mission dedicated to the United States Department of Defense and therefore, the mission details remain classified.
Space Shuttle Discovery
Serial OV-103
Launch Crew Count 5
Status Retired
Landing Time 1985-01-27T21:23:00+0000
Crew
Ken Mattingly
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1936-03-17
Deceased 2023-10-31
Status Deceased
Type Government
Loren Shriver
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1944-09-23
Status Retired
Type Government
Ellison Onizuka
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1946-06-24
Deceased 1986-01-28
Status Lost In Flight
Type Government
Gary Payton
Payload Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1948-06-20
Status Retired
Type Government
James Buchli
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1945-06-20
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.
