Name: Coats, Michael Country: USA M/F: M Number of Flights: 3

Space Flights Launch Date - Shuttle Landing Date - Shuttle
1. STS-41D August 30, 1984 - Discovery September 5, 1984 - Discovery
2. STS-29 March 13, 1989 - Discovery March 18, 1989 - Discovery
3. STS-39 April 28, 1991 - Discovery May 6, 1991 - Discovery

Space Flights Descriptions
STS-12
(Cancelled)
Planned Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) deployment shuttle mission
Cancelled due to failure of the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS)
1. STS-41D Deployed SBS-4 for Satellite Business System, SYNCOM IV-2 (Leasat 2) and Telstar 3C for AT&T
Tested deployment of an experimental solar array wing as part of the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology Payload 1 (OAST-1)
STS-61H
(Cancelled)
Planned shuttle mission to deploy commercial communications satellites
Cancelled after the Challenger disaster
2. STS-29 Deployed Tracking and Data Relay Satellite 4 (TDRS-D)
3. STS-39 Dedicated military mission 8
First military space shuttle mission with unclassified payloads

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Space Shuttle Program - 1984 / 1989 / 1991

Updated - June 5, 2006