STS-51-GSpace Shuttle Discovery / OV-103Lockheed Space Operations Company Launch Status Success Mon · Jun 17th, 1985 7:33 AM EDT Watch Online Crew John M. Fabian Mission SpecialistStatus: Retired 1/28/1939 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 6/18/1983 Last Flight: 6/17/1985John McCreary Fabian is a former NASA astronaut, Air Force officer, and director who flew two space shuttle missions and on the development of the shuttle's robotic arm. He later led the Air Force's space operations. Daniel Brandenstein CommanderStatus: Retired 1/17/1943 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 8/30/1983 Last Flight: 5/7/1992Daniel Charles Brandenstein is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of United Space Alliance. He is a former Naval Aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut, who flew four Space Shuttle missions. John Oliver Creighton PilotStatus: Retired 4/28/1943 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 6/17/1985 Last Flight: 9/12/1991John Oliver Creighton is a former NASA astronaut who flew three Space Shuttle missions. Steven R. Nagel Mission SpecialistStatus: Deceased 10/27/1946 - 8/21/2014 Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 6/17/1985 Last Flight: 4/26/1993Steven Ray Nagel was an American astronaut, aeronautical and mechanical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force pilot. Shannon Lucid Mission SpecialistStatus: Retired 1/14/1943 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 6/17/1985 Last Flight: 3/22/1996Shannon Matilda Wells Lucid is an American biochemist and a retired NASA astronaut. At one time, she held the record for the longest duration stay in space by an American, as well as by a woman. She has flown in space five times including a prolonged mission aboard the Mir space station in 1996; she is the only American woman to have served aboard Mir. Patrick Baudry Payload SpecialistStatus: Retired 3/6/1946 - Nationality: French Type: Government First Flight: 6/17/1985 Last Flight: 6/17/1985Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry (born March 6, 1946 in Cameroon), is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the French Air Force and a former CNES astronaut. In 1985, he became the second French citizen in space, after Jean-Loup Chrétien, when he flew aboard NASA's Space Shuttle mission STS-51-G. Sultan bin Salman Al Saud Payload SpecialistStatus: Retired 6/27/1956 - Nationality: Saudi Arabian Type: Non-Astronaut Passenger First Flight: 6/17/1985 Last Flight: 6/17/1985Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 27 June 1956) is a former Royal Saudi Air Force pilot who flew aboard the American STS-51-G Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist, and a member of the House of Saud. He is thus the first member of a royal family to be an astronaut, and the first Arab and Muslim to fly in space. MissionSTS-51-GType: CommunicationsSTS-51-G was the eighteenth flight of the shuttle program and fifth for Space Shuttle Discovery. Sultan Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia was on board as a payload specialist; he became the first Arab, the first Muslim and first member of a royal family to fly into space. It was the first shuttle flight to fly without an astronaut from the pre-Shuttle era. Its mission was to deploy 3 10 satellites. 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