STS-33Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 Lockheed Space Operations Company Launch Status Success Tue ยท Nov 21st, 1989 7:23 PM EST Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw8OIviOAiE Crew Story Musgrave Mission Specialist Status: Retired 8/19/1935 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Franklin 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 Pilot Status: Retired 8/26/1942 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 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. Frederick D. Gregory Commander Status: Retired 1/7/1941 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Frederick 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 Specialist Status: Died While In Active Service 8/15/1947 - 4/5/1991 Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Manley 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 Specialist Status: Retired 8/17/1952 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Kathryn 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. Mission STS-33 Type: Government/Top Secret STS-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. 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