Name: Springer, Robert Country: USA M/F: M Number of Flights: 2

Space Flights Launch Date - Shuttle Landing Date - Shuttle
1. STS-29 March 13, 1989 - Discovery March 18, 1989 - Discovery
2. STS-38 November 11, 1990 - Atlantis November 15, 1990 - Atlantis

Space Flights Descriptions
STS-51H
(Cancelled)
Planned EOM-1 space shuttle mission
Cancelled after the Challenger disaster - Mission was combined with STS-61K (EOM-1/2)
STS-61H
(Cancelled)
Planned shuttle mission to deploy commercial communications satellites
Cancelled after the Challenger disaster
1. STS-29 Deployed Tracking and Data Relay Satellite 4 (TDRS-D)
2. STS-38 Classified military mission 7

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Space Shuttle Program - 1989 / 1990

Updated - February 1, 2005