STS-34
STS-34 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Atlantis. It was the 31st shuttle mission overall, and the fifth flight for Atlantis. STS-34 launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 18, 1989, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on October 23, 1989. It was also the first shuttle mission since the Challenger disaster to have two female astronauts on board. During the mission, the Jupiter-bound Galileo probe was deployed into space.
- Program
- Space Shuttle program
- Launch
- Oct 18, 1989
- Return
- Oct 23, 1989
- Duration
- 5 days
- Outcome
- Success
Crew
- 🇺🇸 Ellen S. Baker —
- 🇨🇷 Franklin Chang-Díaz —
- 🇺🇸 Shannon Lucid —
- 🇺🇸 Michael J. McCulley —
- 🇺🇸 Donald E. Williams —