STS-26Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 Lockheed Space Operations Company Launch Status Success Thu ยท Sep 29th, 1988 11:37 AM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bHQd3ae0HI Crew George Nelson Mission Specialist Status: Retired 7/13/1950 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration George Driver "Pinky" Nelson is an American physicist, astronomer, science educator, and a former NASA astronaut. Frederick "Rick" Hauck Commander Status: Retired 4/11/1941 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Frederick Hamilton "Rick" Hauck is a retired Captain in the United States Navy, a former fighter pilot and NASA astronaut. He piloted Space Shuttle mission STS-7 and commanded STS-51-A and STS-26. Richard O. Covey Pilot Status: Retired 8/1/1946 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Richard Oswalt Covey is a retired United States Air Force officer and former NASA astronaut. John M. Lounge Mission Specialist Status: Deceased 6/28/1946 - 3/1/2011 Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration ohn Michael "Mike" Lounge was an American engineer, a United States Navy officer, a Vietnam War veteran, and a NASA astronaut. A veteran of three Space Shuttle flights, Lounge logged over 482 hours in space. He was a mission specialist on STS-51-I (1985) and STS-26 (1988) and was the flight engineer on STS-35 (1990). 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. Mission STS-26 Type: Communications STS-26 was the twenty-sixth space shuttle mission and the seventh flight of the orbiter Discovery. It was the return to flight mission after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. It was the first to have all of its crew members wear pressure suits for launch and landing since STS-4 and the first mission with bailout capability since STS-4. It was also the first all-veteran crew mission since Apollo-11 with all of its crew having flown at least on prior mission. Location Launch Complex 39B Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA 182 launches have been at this location. Rocket Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103 Length: 38.1 meters Diameter: 8.4 meters First Launched: August 30, 1984 Space Shuttle Discovery is one of the orbiters from NASA’s Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date. The Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103 rocket has been launched a total of 38 times with 38 successful and 0 failed launches. Agency Lockheed Space Operations Company Type: Commercial Abbreviation: LSOC Administration: Founded: Launchers: Spacecraft: Country: USA View Rocket Launch Schedule