STS-33Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103Lockheed Space Operations Company Launch Status Success Tue ยท Nov 21st, 1989 7:23 PM EST Watch Online Crew Story Musgrave Mission SpecialistStatus: Retired 8/19/1935 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 4/4/1983 Last Flight: 11/19/1996Franklin Story Musgrave, M.D. is an American physician and a retired NASA astronaut. He is a public speaker[2] and consultant to both Disney's Imagineering group and Applied Minds in California. In 1996 he became only the second astronaut to fly on six spaceflights, and he is the most formally educated astronaut with six academic degrees. John E. Blaha PilotStatus: Retired 8/26/1942 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 3/13/1989 Last Flight: 9/26/1996John 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. Frederick D. Gregory CommanderStatus: Retired 1/7/1941 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 4/29/1985 Last Flight: 11/24/1991Frederick Drew Gregory is a former United States Air Force pilot, military engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut as well as former NASA Deputy Administrator. He also served briefly as NASA Acting Administrator in early 2005, covering the period between the departure of Sean O'Keefe and the swearing in of Michael Griffin. Sonny Carter Mission SpecialistStatus: Died While In Active Service 8/15/1947 - 4/5/1991 Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 11/22/1989 Last Flight: 11/22/1989Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Jr., M.D. was an American chemist, physician, professional soccer player, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut who flew on STS-33. Kathryn C. Thornton Mission SpecialistStatus: Retired 8/17/1952 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 11/22/1989 Last Flight: 10/20/1995Kathryn Ryan Cordell Thornton is an American scientist and a former NASA astronaut with over 975 hours in space, including 21 hours of extravehicular activity. She was the associate dean for graduate programs at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science, currently a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering. MissionSTS-33Type: Government/Top SecretSTS-33 was the thirty-second shuttle mission and the ninth of Space Shuttle Discovery. It was the fifth shuttle mission in support of the Department of Defence. LocationLaunch Complex 39BKennedy Space Center, FL, USA185 rockets have launched from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. RocketSpace Shuttle Discovery OV-103Length: 38.1 meters Diameter: 8.4 meters First Launch: August 30, 1984Space 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. AgencyLockheed Space Operations CompanyType: Commercial Abbreviation: LSOCCountry: USA View Rocket Launch Schedule