Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-D

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.

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Space Shuttle Discovery


Serial OV-103

Launch Crew Count 7

Status Retired

Landing Time 1985-04-19T13:54:28+0000


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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


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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.

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