STS-51-I
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Rocket Launch Video
Crew

Joe Engle
- Birthday: 08/26/1932
- Role: Commander
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 06/29/1965
- Last Flight: 08/27/1985
Joe Henry Engle was an American pilot who served in the United States Air Force, test pilot for the North American X-15 progr...

Richard O. Covey
- Birthday: 08/01/1946
- Role: Pilot
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 08/27/1985
- Last Flight: 12/02/1993
Richard Oswalt Covey is a retired United States Air Force officer and former NASA astronaut.

William Frederick Fisher
- Birthday: 04/01/1946
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 08/27/1985
- Last Flight: 08/27/1985
William Frederick Fisher is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut. Fisher went into space in 1985 on board the Sp...

James van Hoften
- Birthday: 06/11/1944
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 04/06/1984
- Last Flight: 08/27/1985
James Dougal Adrianus "Ox" van Hoften, Ph.D. is an American civil and hydraulic engineer, retired U.S. Navy officer...

John M. Lounge
- Birthday: 06/28/1946
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 08/27/1985
- Last Flight: 12/02/1990
ohn Michael "Mike" Lounge was an American engineer, a United States Navy officer, a Vietnam War veteran, and a NASA...
Location
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 208 rockets, including 207 orbital launch attempts. While Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 266 rocket launches.
The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).
Rocket
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.