Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-D
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-51-D
STS-51-D was the sixteenth flight of the shuttle and fourth for the Space Shuttle Discovery. Its mission was to deploy a number of 10 satellites. The landing suffered extensive brake damaged and a ruptured tire. All subsequent landings had to be done at the Edwards Air Force Base until the development and implementation of nose steering.
Space Shuttle Discovery
Serial OV-103
Launch Crew Count 7
Status Retired
Landing Time 1985-04-19T13:54:28+0000
Crew
Karol J. Bobko
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1937-12-23
Deceased 2023-08-17
Status Deceased
Type Government
Donald E. Williams
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1942-02-13
Deceased 2016-02-23
Status Deceased
Type Government
Charles D. Walker
Payload Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1948-08-29
Status Retired
Type Government
Edwin Jacob Garn
Payload Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1932-10-12
Status Retired
Type Non-Astronaut Passenger
Jeffrey Hoffman
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1944-11-02
Status Retired
Type Government
Margaret Rhea Seddon
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1947-11-08
Status Retired
Type Government
S. David Griggs
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1939-09-07
Deceased 1989-06-17
Status Died While In Active Service
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.
