| Manned Flight No. | 128 |
| Manned flight of the USA No. | 62 |
| Manned flight Space Shuttle No. | 32 |
| Manned flight Discovery No. | 9 |
| Launch: | Nov 23, 1989 00:23:30 |
| Landing: | Nov 28, 1989 00:30:18 |
| Duration: | 5 d 0 h 6 m 48 s (120 h 6 m 48 s) |
| Orbits: | 79 |
| Manned Flight No. | 128 |
| Manned flight of the USA No. | 62 |
| Manned flight Space Shuttle No. | 32 |
| Manned flight Discovery No. | 9 |
| Launch: | Nov 23, 1989 00:23:30 |
| Landing: | Nov 28, 1989 00:30:18 |
| Duration: | 5 d 0 h 6 m 48 s (120 h 6 m 48 s) |
| Orbits: | 79 |
Frederick Gregory (Commander)
Astronaut No. 165
Astronaut USA No. 94
Gregory: 2nd flight
Cumulative time: 12 d 0 h 15 m 34 s
(288 h 15 m 34 s)
John Blaha (Pilot)
Astronaut No. 212
Astronaut USA No. 123
Blaha: 2nd flight
Cumulative time: 9 d 23 h 45 m 38 s
(239 h 45 m 38 s)
Astronaut No. 116
Astronaut USA No. 53
Musgrave: 3rd flight
Cumulative time: 17 d 23 h 15 m 56 s
(431 h 15 m 56 s)
Astronaut No. 221
Astronaut USA No. 132
Carter: 1st flight (last)
Cumulative time: 5 d 0 h 6 m 48 s
(120 h 6 m 48 s)
Astronaut No. 222
Astronaut USA No. 133
Woman-astronaut No. 12
Thornton: 1st flight
Cumulative time: 5 d 0 h 6 m 48 s
(120 h 6 m 48 s)
Crew of Space Shuttle Discovery in orbit.
Crew of Space Shuttle Discovery.
Thirty-second flight of the Space Shuttle. The ninth flight of the Shuttle Discovery. Flight for the US Department of Defense.
The crew of the space shuttle "Discovery", which launched on Wednesday evening from the cosmodrome at the Cape Canaveral (Florida), completed the main mission of the flight - launched a reconnaissance satellite weighing 2.5 tons into orbit.
This was reported by the AP agency citing sources in NASA. Since the Discovery flight is carried out according to the program the Pentagon, all its details are kept in strict confidence. According to press reports and speculation by experts, a spy satellite launched into orbit 10 hours after the launch of the spacecraft is intended for tracking for testing Soviet missiles, as well as for intercepting high-frequency telephone conversations. The satellite will be located 22,300 miles above the equator.
As reported by NASA, "Discovery" with five astronauts on board is to land on Sunday at 19:02 local time at Edwards Air Force Base in California. It is indicated that the crew is doing well.
The longest flight:
Dec 21, 1987 365 d 22 h 39 m 00 s (8782 h 39 m 0 s)
Vladimir Titov
and Musa Manarov
The largest number of flights: 6 Young
The most cumulative time in space (3 flightа):
430 d 18 h 15 m 30 s (10338 h 15 m 30 s)
Yuri Romanenko
STS-32
Spaceflight 129
2001 Antropos.