Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-82
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-82
STS-82 was the 22nd flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the 82nd mission of the Space Shuttle program. It was NASA's second mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, during which Discovery's crew repaired and upgraded the telescope's scientific instruments, increasing its research capabilities and achieved the highest altitude ever attained by a STS Orbiter (335-nautical-mile (620 km)).
Space Shuttle Discovery
Serial OV-103
Launch Crew Count 7
Status Retired
Landing Time 1997-02-21T08:32:00+0000
Crew
Ken Bowersox
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1956-11-14
Status Retired
Type Government
Scott Horowitz
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1957-03-24
Status Retired
Type Government
Gregory Harbaugh
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1956-04-15
Status Retired
Type Government
Joseph R. Tanner
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1950-01-21
Status Retired
Type Government
Mark C. Lee
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1952-08-14
Status Retired
Type Government
Steven Hawley
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1951-12-12
Status Retired
Type Government
Steven Smith
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1958-12-30
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.
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