STS-29
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Crew
James Buchli
Status: Retired
6/20/1945 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 1/24/1985
Last Flight: 9/12/1991
James Frederick Buchli is a retired United States Marine aviator and former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.
Michael Coats
Status: Retired
1/16/1946 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 8/30/1984
Last Flight: 4/28/1991
Michael Lloyd Coats is a former NASA astronaut (three spaceflights), raised in Riverside, California. From December 2005 to December 2012, he served as Director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
John E. Blaha
Status: Retired
8/26/1942 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 3/13/1989
Last Flight: 9/16/1996
John Elmer Blaha is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five space missions aboard the Space Shuttle and Mir.
Blaha is married to the former Brenda I. Walters of St. Louis, Missouri. They have three grown children and four grandchildren.
Robert C. Springer
Status: Retired
5/21/1942 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 3/13/1989
Last Flight: 11/15/1990
Robert Clyde "Bob" Springer is a retired American astronaut and test pilot who flew as a Mission Specialist on two NASA Space Shuttle missions in 1989 and 1990. A decorated aviator in the United States Marine Corps, Springer also flew more than 500 combat sorties during the Vietnam War. He has logged over 237 hours in space and 4,500 hours flying time, including 3,500 hours in jet aircraft.
James P. Bagian
Status: Retired
2/22/1952 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 3/13/1989
Last Flight: 6/5/1991
James Philip Bagian, MD, PE is an American physician, engineer, and former NASA astronaut of Armenian descent. During his career as an astronaut, he logged 337 hours of space-flight, over two missions, STS-29 (in 1989) and STS-40 (in 1991). After leaving NASA in 1995, Bagian was elected as a member of both the National Academy of Engineering and of the Institute of Medicine. Bagian is currently the Director of the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety at the University of Michigan.
Mission
STS-29
Type: Communications
STS-29 was the eighth flight of Discovery and its primary mission was to deploy the TDRS-D 10 satellite. It also deployed eight secondary payloads.
Location
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
205 rockets have launched from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
Agency
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Type: Commercial
Abbreviation: LSOC
Country: USA
