STS-30

David M. Walker

• Birthday: 05/20/1944
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 11/08/1984
• Last Flight: 09/07/1995

David Mathieson "Dave" Walker was an American naval officer and aviator, fighter pilot, test pilot, and a former NA...

Ronald J. Grabe

• Birthday: 06/13/1945
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 10/03/1985
• Last Flight: 06/21/1993

Ronald John Grabe is a former NASA astronaut.

He has earned the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, the Ai...

Mary L. Cleave

• Birthday: 02/05/1947
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 11/27/1985
• Last Flight: 05/04/1989

Mary Louise Cleave was an American engineer and NASA astronaut. She also served from 2004 to 2007 as NASA Associate Administr...

Mark C. Lee

• Birthday: 08/14/1952
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 05/04/1989
• Last Flight: 02/11/1997

Mark Charles Lee USAF Colonel is a former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. He retired from the Air For...

Norman E. Thagard

• Birthday: 07/03/1943
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 06/18/1983
• Last Flight: 03/14/1995

Norman Earl Thagard (born July 3, 1943), (Capt, USMC, Ret.), is an American scientist and former U.S. Marine Corps officer an...

Mission

STS-30

• Type: Planetary Science
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
• Launch Cost: $450,000,000

STS-30 was the twenty-ninth space shuttle mission and the fourth of Atlantis. It was the first mission since the challenger disaster to have a female astronaut on board. It deployed the Venus-bound Magellan probe into orbit.

Location

Launch Complex 39B

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Launch Complex 39B has witnessed the launch of 58 rockets, including 57 orbital launch attempts. While Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 264 rocket launches.

The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).

Rocket

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.

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