STS-34Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104Lockheed Space Operations Company Launch Status Success Wed · Oct 18th, 1989 12:53 PM EDT Watch Online Crew Shannon Lucid Mission SpecialistStatus: Retired 1/14/1943 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 6/17/1985 Last Flight: 3/22/1996Shannon 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 SpecialistStatus: Retired 4/5/1950 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 1/12/1986 Last Flight: 6/5/2002Franklin 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 CommanderStatus: Deceased 2/13/1942 - 2/23/2016 Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 4/12/1985 Last Flight: 10/18/1989Captain 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 PilotStatus: Retired 8/4/1943 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 10/18/1989 Last Flight: 10/18/1989Michael 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 SpecialistStatus: Retired 4/27/1953 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 10/18/1989 Last Flight: 6/27/1995Ellen 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. MissionSTS-34Type: Planetary ScienceSTS-34 was the thirty-first shuttle mission and the fifth for Atlantis. It deployed the Jupiter-bound Galileo probe. LocationLaunch Complex 39BKennedy Space Center, FL, USA185 rockets have launched from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. RocketSpace Shuttle Atlantis OV-104Length: 38.1 meters Diameter: 8.4 meters First Launch: October 3, 1985Constructed 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. AgencyLockheed Space Operations CompanyType: Commercial Abbreviation: LSOCCountry: USA View Rocket Launch Schedule