Name: Williams, Donald Country: USA M/F: M Number of Flights: 2

Space Flights Launch Date - Shuttle Landing Date - Shuttle
1. STS-51D April 12, 1985 - Discovery April 19, 1985 - Discovery
2. STS-34 October 18, 1989 - Atlantis October 23, 1989 - Atlantis

Space Flights Descriptions
STS-41F
(Cancelled)
Planned shuttle mission to deploy commercial communications satellites
Cancelled due to launch abort and rollback of space shuttle Discovery
STS-51E
(Cancelled)
Planned Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-B) deployment shuttle mission
Cancelled due to timing problem with TDRS-B payload
1. STS-51D Deployed SYNCOM IV-3 (Leasat 3) and Telesat-I (Anik C-1) for TELESAT Canada
Perigee kick motor of SYNCOM IV-3 failed to start and was repaired during the STS-51I mission.
STS-61I
(Cancelled)
Planned retrieval of the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF)
Cancelled after the Challenger disaster
2. STS-34 Deployed Galileo Jupiter orbiter spacecraft

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Space Shuttle Program - 1985 / 1989

Updated - January 7, 2005