| Manned Flight No. | 120 |
| Manned flight of the USA No. | 56 |
| Manned flight Space Shuttle No. | 26 |
| Manned flight Discovery No. | 7 |
| Launch: | Sep 29, 1988 15:37:00 |
| Landing: | Oct 03, 1988 16:37:11 |
| Duration: | 4 d 1 h 0 m 11 s (97 h 0 m 11 s) |
| Orbits: | 64 |
| Manned Flight No. | 120 |
| Manned flight of the USA No. | 56 |
| Manned flight Space Shuttle No. | 26 |
| Manned flight Discovery No. | 7 |
| Launch: | Sep 29, 1988 15:37:00 |
| Landing: | Oct 03, 1988 16:37:11 |
| Duration: | 4 d 1 h 0 m 11 s (97 h 0 m 11 s) |
| Orbits: | 64 |
Frederick Hauck (Commander)
Astronaut No. 119
Astronaut USA No. 55
Hauck: 3rd flight (last)
Cumulative time: 18 d 3 h 9 m 6 s
(435 h 9 m 8 s)
Richard Covey (Pilot)
Astronaut No. 179
Astronaut USA No. 106
Covey: 2nd flight
Cumulative time: 11 d 3 h 17 m 53 s
(267 h 17 m 53 s)
Astronaut No. 181
Astronaut USA No. 108
Lounge: 2nd flight
Cumulative time: 11 d 3 h 17 m 53 s
(267 h 17 m 53 s)
Astronaut No. 140
Astronaut USA No. 71
Nelson: 3rd flight (last)
Cumulative time: 17 d 2 h 44 m 9 s
(410 h 44 m 9 s)
Astronaut No. 185
Astronaut USA No. 110
Hilmers: 2nd flight
Cumulative time: 8 d 2 h 44 m 49 s
(194 h 44 m 49 s)
Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery.
Space Shuttleа Discovery lands.
Crew of Space Shuttle Discovery in space.
The twenty-sixth flight of the Space Shuttle. The seventh flight of the shuttle Discovery. Resumption of Space Shuttle flights after the Challenger disaster.
WASHINGTON, 10. (TASS). James Fletcher, Director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA announced the composition of the crew of the space shuttle Discovery, which is scheduled to launch on February 18, 1988.
All astronauts preparing for the flight are veterans of space research, participants in flights on the space shuttles "Discovery" and "Atlantis": Frederick Hauck, Richard Covey, John Lounge, George Nelson and David Hilmers.
The launch of "Discovery" will be the first launch into space in the United States after the disaster on January 28 last year the Challenger and the death of 7 members of its crew.
The longest flight:
Feb 05, 1987 326 d 11 h 31 m 59 s (7835 h 31 m 59 s)
Yuri Romanenko
The largest number of flights: 6 Young
The most cumulative time in space (3 flights):
430 d 18 h 15 m 30 s (10338 h 15 m 30 s) Yuri Romanenko
STS-27
Spaceflight 121
2001 Antropos.