STS-27
Success
DEC 02198814:30:34 UTCThird classified DoD mission.
Lacrosse 1 deployment.
Heavy damage to the thermal protection system resulted in extreme heat damage to the right wing.
LIFTOFF
DEC 02 198814:30:34 UTC
Success
launched from LC-39 Kennedy
aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-27 into LEO
Crew · 5
- 01 Robert L. Gibson from USA
- 02 Guy S. Gardner from USA
- 03 Richard M. Mullane from USA
- 04 Jerry L. Ross from USA
- 05 William M. Shepherd from USA