STS-51-JSpace Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 Lockheed Space Operations Company Launch Status Success Thu · Oct 3rd, 1985 11:15 AM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ijf9yf0lu8 Crew Robert L. Stewart Mission Specialist Status: Retired 5/10/1942 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Robert Lee Stewart is a retired brigadier general of the United States Army and a former NASA astronaut. Karol J. Bobko Commander Status: Retired 12/23/1937 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Karol Joseph "Bo" Bobko is an American aerospace engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and a former USAF and NASA astronaut. Ronald J. Grabe Pilot Status: Retired 6/13/1945 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ronald John Grabe is a former NASA astronaut. He has earned the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, the Liethen-Tittle Award (for Outstanding Student at the USAF Test Pilot School), the Royal Air Force Cross, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and NASA Space Flight Medals. David Hilmers Mission Specialist Status: Retired 1/28/1950 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration David Carl Hilmers is a former NASA astronaut. Hilmers was selected a NASA astronaut in July 1980, and completed the initial training period in August 1981. A veteran of four space flights, he has logged over 493 hours in space. William A. Pailes Payload Specialist Status: Retired 6/26/1952 - Nationality: American Type: Payload Specialist Agency: United States Air Force William Arthur Pailes (Colonel, USAF) (born June 26, 1952) was a USAF astronaut in the Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program during the mid-1980s. He served as a Payload Specialist on STS-51-J Atlantis (October 3–7, 1985). Mission STS-51-J Type: Government/Top Secret STS-51-J was the twenty-first space shuttle mission and the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the second mission dedicated to deploying a Department of Defence payload. It was a classified mission however we do know that it deployed two 10 satellites. 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