STS-34Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 Lockheed Space Operations Company Launch Status Success Wed · Oct 18th, 1989 12:53 PM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX02_Pv2fRg Crew Shannon Lucid Mission Specialist Status: Retired 1/14/1943 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shannon Matilda Wells Lucid is an American biochemist and a retired NASA astronaut. At one time, she held the record for the longest duration stay in space by an American, as well as by a woman. She has flown in space five times including a prolonged mission aboard the Mir space station in 1996; she is the only American woman to have served aboard Mir. Franklin Chang Díaz Mission Specialist Status: Retired 4/5/1950 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Franklin Ramón Chang Díaz is a Costa Rican Chinese American mechanical engineer, physicist, former NASA astronaut. He is the founder and current CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company as well as a member of Cummins' board of directors. He became an American citizen in 1977. He is of Chinese (paternal side) and Costa Rican Spanish (maternal side) descent. He is a veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions, tieing the record, as of 2018 for the most spaceflights (a record set by Jerry L. Ross). He was the third Latin American, but the first Latin American immigrant NASA Astronaut selected to go into space. Chang Díaz is a member of the NASA Astronaut Hall of Fame. Donald E. Williams Commander Status: Deceased 2/13/1942 - 2/23/2016 Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Captain Donald Edward Williams was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut. He logged a total of 287 hours and 35 minutes in space. Michael J. McCulley Pilot Status: Retired 8/4/1943 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Michael James "Mike" McCulley is a retired American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, metallurgical engineer, former NASA astronaut, and was the first submariner in space. Ellen S. Baker Mission Specialist Status: Retired 4/27/1953 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ellen Louise Shulman Baker, M.D., M.P.H. is an American physician and a NASA astronaut. Baker serves as Chief of the Education/Medical Branch of the NASA Astronaut Office. Mission STS-34 Type: Planetary Science STS-34 was the thirty-first shuttle mission and the fifth for Atlantis. It deployed the Jupiter-bound Galileo probe. Location Launch Complex 39B Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA 182 launches have been at this location. Rocket Space Shuttle Atlantis OV-104 Length: 38.1 meters Diameter: 8.4 meters First Launched: October 3, 1985 Constructed in 1985, Atlantis was the fourth operational and the second-to-last Space Shuttle built. Its maiden flight was STS-51-J in October of 1985. Atlantis embarked on its 33rd and final mission, also the final mission of a space shuttle, STS-135, on 8 July 2011. The Space Shuttle Atlantis OV-104 rocket has been launched a total of 32 times with 32 successful and 0 failed launches. Agency Lockheed Space Operations Company Type: Commercial Abbreviation: LSOC Administration: Founded: Launchers: Spacecraft: Country: USA View Rocket Launch Schedule