STS-33 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission and the 9th flight of Discovery, during which Space Shuttle Discovery deployed a payload for the United States Department of Defense (DoD).

2023年8月30日 · STS-33 was the fifth mission dedicated to the Department of Defense. S89-45737 (19 September 1989) — Official STS-33 crew portrait. These five astronauts will be aboard the space shuttle Discovery for a scheduled November 1989 mission for the Department of Defense (DOD). Frederick D. Gregory (center, front) is mission commander.

STS-33 Fact Sheet. By Cliff Lethbridge. STS-33 — Discovery. 32nd Space Shuttle Mission. 9th Flight of Discovery. Crew: Frederick D. Gregory, Commander. John E. Blaha, Pilot. F. Story Musgrave, Mission Specialist. Kathryn C. Thornton, Mission Specialist. Manley L. Carter, Jr., Mission Specialist. Orbiter Preparations:

2021年9月6日 · Launch from Cape Canaveral (KSC) and landing on Edwards AFB, Runway 04. The launch was originally scheduled for November 20, 1989, but was delayed because of suspect integrated electronics assemblies which control ignition and separation of the Shuttle's solid rocket boosters.

STS 33 (Space Transportation System) was the ninth Discovery flight. On board were Commander Frederick Gregory, Pilot John Blaha, mission specialists Manley Carter, Franklin Musgrave, and Kathryn Thornton.

STS-33 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission and the 9th flight of Discovery, during which Space Shuttle Discovery deployed a payload for the United States Department of Defense (DoD).

Fifth mission dedicated to Department of Defense. More at: STS-33. Family: Manned spaceflight. People: Blaha, Carter, Gregory, Musgrave, Thornton. Country: USA. Spacecraft: Discovery. Projects: STS. Launch Sites: Cape Canaveral. Agency: NASA, NASA Houston. 1989 November 23 - . 00:23 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral.

STS-33 was the original designation for the mission that became STS-51-L, the disastrous final flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. After Challenger's destruction, NASA recycled the mission numbering system back to STS-26, which was the 26th …

STS-33 was a Department of Defense support mission, launched by NASA on November 22, 1989. The shuttle deployed a payload for the Department of Defense and landed at Edwards Air Force Base on November 27, 1989.

22 November 1989: At 7:23:29.986 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (00:23:29.986, 23 November, UTC) Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) lifted off from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, on its ninth flight, STS-33. This was the thirty-second flight of the Space Shuttle Program, and was a classified military mission.