STS-45Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 Lockheed Space Operations Company Launch Status Success Tue · Mar 24th, 1992 8:13 AM EST Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO3XLEfc1u0 Crew Byron K. Lichtenberg Payload Specialist Status: Retired 2/19/1948 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Byron Kurt Lichtenberg, Sc. D. (born February 19, 1948) is an American engineer and fighter pilot who flew aboard two NASA Space Shuttle missions as a Payload Specialist. In 1983, he and Ulf Merbold became the first Payload Specialists to fly on the shuttle. Kathryn D. Sullivan Mission Specialist Status: Retired 10/3/1951 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan is an American geologist and a former NASA astronaut. A crew member on three Space Shuttle missions, she was the first American woman to walk in space on October 11, 1984. She was Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 6, 2014. Sullivan's tenure ended on January 20, 2017 with the swearing in of President Donald Trump. Following completion of her service at NOAA, she was designated as the 2017 Charles A. Lindbergh Chair of Aerospace History at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, and has also served as a Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. David Leestma Mission Specialist Status: Retired 5/6/1949 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration David Cornell Leestma is a former American astronaut and retired Captain in the United States Navy. Charles Bolden Commander Status: Retired 8/19/1946 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Charles Frank Bolden Jr. is a former Administrator of NASA, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General, and a former NASA astronaut. A 1968 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he became a Marine Aviator and test pilot. After his service as an astronaut, he became Deputy Commandant of Midshipmen at the Naval Academy. On May 23, 2009, President Barack Obama announced the nomination of Bolden as NASA Administrator and Lori Garver as Deputy NASA Administrator. Bolden was confirmed by the Senate on July 15, 2009. He was the first African American to head the agency on a permanent basis. On January 12, 2017, Bolden announced his resignation from NASA during a town hall meeting at NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. His last day would be January 19, and Robert M. Lightfoot Jr. was announced as acting NASA Administrator. Brian Duffy Pilot Status: Retired 6/20/1953 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Brian Duffy is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He flew aboard four Space Shuttle missions. Michael Foale Mission Specialist Status: Retired 1/6/1957 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Colin Michael Foale CBE is a British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of six space missions, and is the only NASA astronaut to have flown extended missions aboard both Mir and the International Space Station. He was the first Briton to perform a space walk, and until 17 April 2008, he held the record for most time spent in space by a US citizen: 374 days, 11 hours, 19 minutes. He still holds the cumulative-time-in-space record for a UK citizen. Dirk Frimout Payload Specialist Status: Retired 3/21/1941 - Nationality: Belgian Type: Government Agency: European Space Agency Dirk Dries David Damiaan, Viscount Frimout (born 21 March 1941 in Poperinge, Belgium) is an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency. He flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mision STS-45 as a payload specialist, making him the first Belgian in space. Mission STS-45 Location Launch Complex 39A 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