STS-42Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103Lockheed Space Operations Company Launch Status Success Wed · Jan 22nd, 1992 9:52 AM EST Watch Online Crew Norman E. Thagard Mission SpecialistStatus: Retired 7/3/1943 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 6/18/1983 Last Flight: 3/14/1995Norman Earl Thagard (born July 3, 1943), (Capt, USMC, Ret.), is an American scientist and former U.S. Marine Corps officer and naval aviator and NASA astronaut. He is the first American to ride to space on board a Russian vehicle, and can be considered the first American cosmonaut. He did on this on March 14, 1995, in the Soyuz TM-21 spacecraft for the Russian Mir-18 mission. Ulf Merbold Payload SpecialistStatus: Retired 6/20/1941 - Nationality: German Type: Government First Flight: 11/28/1983 Last Flight: 10/3/1994Dr. Ulf Dietrich Merbold (born June 20, 1941) is the first West German citizen and second German native (after Sigmund Jähn) to have flown in space. He is also the first member of the European Space Agency Astronaut Corps to participate in a spaceflight mission and the first non-US citizen to reach orbit in a US spacecraft. In 1983, he and Byron Lichtenberg became the first Payload Specialists to fly on the shuttle. David Hilmers Mission SpecialistStatus: Retired 1/28/1950 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 10/3/1985 Last Flight: 1/22/1992David 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. Ronald J. Grabe CommanderStatus: Retired 6/13/1945 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 10/3/1985 Last Flight: 6/21/1993Ronald John Grabe is a former NASA astronaut. He has earned the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with 7 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, the Liethen-Tittle Award (for Outstanding Student at the USAF Test Pilot School), the Royal Air Force Cross, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, and NASA Space Flight Medals. Stephen S. Oswald PilotStatus: Retired 6/30/1951 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 1/22/1992 Last Flight: 3/2/1995Stephen Scot Oswald is a former NASA astronaut. William F. Readdy Mission SpecialistStatus: Retired 1/24/1952 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 1/22/1992 Last Flight: 9/26/1996William Francis Readdy is a former Associate Administrator of the Office of Space Flight, at NASA Headquarters. He graduated from McLean High School, McLean, Virginia, in 1970 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering (with honors) from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1974. He's a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School 1980. Readdy is a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, the Explorers Club, and the Royal Astronautical Society and is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA. He also belongs to the Association of Space Explorers. Roberta Bondar Payload SpecialistStatus: Retired 12/4/1945 - Nationality: Canadian Type: Government First Flight: 1/22/1992 Last Flight: 1/22/1992Roberta Bondar (born December 4, 1945) is Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space. Following more than a decade as NASA's head of space medicine, Bondar became a consultant and speaker in the business, scientific, and medical communities. Bondar has received many honours including the Order of Canada, the Order of Ontario, the NASA Space Medal, over 22 honorary degrees and induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. MissionSTS-42 LocationLaunch Complex 39AKennedy 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