STS-26

Discovery (7)

USA

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	29.09.1988
Launch time:	15:37 UTC
Launch site:	Cape Canaveral (KSC)
Launch pad:	39-B
Altitude:	376 km
Inclination:	28,5°
Landing date:	03.10.1988
Landing time:	16:37 UTC
Landing site:	Edwards AFB

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Hauck	Frederick Hamilton "Rick"	CDR	3	4d 01h 00m	64
2	Covey	Richard Oswalt	PLT	2	4d 01h 00m	64
3	Lounge	John Michael	MSP	2	4d 01h 00m	64
4	Hilmers	David Carl	MSP	2	4d 01h 00m	64
5	Nelson	George Driver "Pinky"	MSP	3	4d 01h 00m	64

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Hauck
2	Covey
3	Lounge
4	Hilmers
5	Nelson

Landing
1	Hauck
2	Covey
3	Lounge
4	Hilmers
5	Nelson

Flight

Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC); landing on Edwards AFB.

This mission was the first flight of a space shuttle after the Challenger disaster. The launch was delayed for 1 hour and 38 minutes because of unseasonable and unusual light winds aloft, and to replace fuses in the cooling systems of two crew members' flight suits.

The primary payload for the STS-26 mission, a Tracking an Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-C), was successfully deployed, and 11 scheduled middeck scientific and technological experiments, as Protein Crystal Growth (PCG) and Infrared Communications Flight Experiment (IRCFE) and three life sciences experiment were carried out.