Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-70
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-70
STS-70 was the 21st flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery, and the last of 7 shuttle missions to carry a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). This was the first shuttle mission controlled from the new mission control center room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. STS-70 was also the first flight of the new Block 1 orbiter main engine, designed to improve both engine performance and safety.
Space Shuttle Discovery
Serial OV-103
Launch Crew Count 5
Status Retired
Landing Time 1995-07-22T12:02:00+0000
Crew
Terence Henricks
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1952-07-05
Status Retired
Type Government
Kevin R. Kregel
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1956-09-16
Status Retired
Type Government
Donald A. Thomas
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1955-05-06
Status Retired
Type Government
Mary Ellen Weber
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1962-01-01
Status Retired
Type Government
Nancy J. Currie-Gregg
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1958-12-29
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.
