STS-31Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 Lockheed Space Operations Company Launch Status Success Tue · Apr 24th, 1990 8:33 AM EDT Watch Online Crew Bruce McCandless II Mission Specialist Status: Deceased 6/8/1937 - 12/21/2017 Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 2/3/1984 Last Flight: 4/24/1990 Bruce McCandless II was a U.S. naval officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and NASA astronaut. In 1984, during the first of his two Space Shuttle missions, he made the first untethered free flight by using the Manned Maneuvering Unit. Steven Hawley Mission Specialist Status: Retired 12/12/1951 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 8/30/1984 Last Flight: 7/23/1999 Steven Alan Hawley is a former NASA astronaut who flew on five U.S. Space Shuttle flights. He is professor of physics and astronomy and director of engineering physics at the University of Kansas. Following an aborted attempt to launch STS-41-D where two main engines were stopped shortly after they started because the third failed to start, Hawley is reported to have broken the tense atmosphere in the shuttle cabin, saying, "I thought we'd be a lot higher at MECO!" Kathryn D. Sullivan Mission Specialist Status: Retired 10/3/1951 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 10/5/1984 Last Flight: 3/24/1992 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. Charles Bolden Pilot Status: Retired 8/19/1946 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 1/12/1986 Last Flight: 2/3/1994 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. Loren Shriver Commander Status: Retired 9/23/1944 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 1/24/1985 Last Flight: 7/31/1992 Loren James Shriver is a former NASA astronaut, aviator, and a retired US Air Force Colonel. Mission STS-31 Type: Astrophysics STS-31 was the thirty-fifth mission of the space shuttle program. Discovery's tenth mission deployed the Hubble Space Telescope. Location Launch Complex 39B Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA 185 rockets have launched from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Rocket Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103 Length: 38.1 meters Diameter: 8.4 meters First Launch: 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 Country: USA View Rocket Launch Schedule