| Approach and Landing Tests | 1985 - 1986 | 1991 - 1992 | 1995 - 1996 | 1999 - 2011 |
| 1981 - 1984 | 1988 - 1990 | 1993 - 1994 | 1997 - 1998 | Backups |
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| Flight | Launch | Landing | Name | Country | Position | |
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| STS-26 (TDRS-3) |
September 29, 1988 (15:37 GMT) |
October 3, 1988 (16:37 GMT) |
Frederick Hauck | USA | M | Commander |
| Richard Covey | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| John Michael Lounge | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Discovery (7th Mission) |
George Nelson | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| David Hilmers | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| STS-27 (DOD) |
December 2, 1988 (14:30 GMT) |
December 6, 1988 (23:26 GMT) |
Robert Gibson | USA | M | Commander |
| Guy Gardner | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Richard Michael Mullane | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Atlantis (3rd Mission) |
Jerry Ross | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| William Shepherd | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| STS-29 (TDRS-4) |
March 13, 1989 (14:57 GMT) |
March 18, 1989 (14:35 GMT) |
Michael Coats | USA | M | Commander |
| John Blaha | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| James Buchli | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Discovery (8th Mission) |
Robert Springer | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| James Bagian | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| STS-30 (Magellan) |
May 4, 1989 (18:46 GMT) |
May 8, 1989 (19:43 GMT) |
David Walker | USA | M | Commander |
| Ronald Grabe | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Mark Lee | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Atlantis (4th Mission) |
Norman Thagard | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| Mary Cleave | USA | F | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| STS-28 (DOD) |
August 8, 1989 (12:37 GMT) |
August 13, 1989 (13:37 GMT) |
Brewster Shaw | USA | M | Commander |
| Richard Richards | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| James Adamson | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Columbia (8th Mission) |
David Leestma | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| Mark Brown | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| STS-34 (Galileo) |
October 18, 1989 (16:53 GMT) |
October 23, 1989 (16:33 GMT) |
Donald Williams | USA | M | Commander |
| Michael McCulley | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Shannon Lucid | USA | F | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Atlantis (5th Mission) |
Franklin Chang-Diaz | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| Ellen Baker | USA | F | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| STS-33 (DOD) |
November 23, 1989 (00:23 GMT) |
November 28, 1989 (00:30 GMT) |
Frederick Gregory | USA | M | Commander |
| John Blaha | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Manley Carter | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Discovery (8th Mission) |
Story Musgrave | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| Kathryn Thornton | USA | F | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| STS-32 (SYNCOM IV-5) (LDEF Retrieval) |
January 9, 1990 (12:35 GMT) |
January 20, 1990 (09:35 GMT) |
Daniel Brandenstein | USA | M | Commander |
| James Wetherbee | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Bonnie Dunbar | USA | F | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Columbia (9th Mission) |
Marsha Ivins | USA | F | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| David Low | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| STS-36 (DOD) |
February 28, 1990 (07:50 GMT) |
March 4, 1990 (18:08 GMT) |
John Creighton | USA | M | Commander |
| John Casper | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| David Hilmers | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Atlantis (6th Mission) |
Richard Michael Mullane | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| Pierre Thuot | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| STS-31 (HST Deploy) |
April 24, 1990 (12:33 GMT) |
April 29, 1990 (13:49 GMT) |
Loren Shriver | USA | M | Commander |
| Charles Bolden | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Steven Hawley | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Discovery (10th Mission) |
Kathryn Sullivan | USA | F | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| Bruce McCandless | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| STS-41 (Ulysses) |
October 6, 1990 (11:47 GMT) |
October 10, 1990 (13:57 GMT) |
Richard Richards | USA | M | Commander |
| Robert Cabana | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Bruce Melnick | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Discovery (11th Mission) |
Thomas Akers | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| William Shepherd | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| STS-38 (DOD) |
November 15, 1990 (23:48 GMT) |
November 20, 1990 (21:42 GMT) |
Richard Covey | USA | M | Commander |
| Frank Culbertson | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Carl Meade | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Atlantis (7th Mission) |
Robert Springer | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| Charles Gemar | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| STS-35 (ASTRO-1) |
December 2, 1990 (06:49 GMT) |
December 11, 1990 (05:54 GMT) |
Vance Brand | USA | M | Commander |
| Guy Gardner | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| John Michael Lounge | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Jeffrey Hoffman | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | |||
| Columbia (10th Mission) |
Robert Parker | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | ||
| Ronald Parise | USA | M | Payload Specialist 1 | |||
| Samuel Durrance | USA | M | Payload Specialist 2 | |||
| Approach and Landing Tests | 1985 - 1986 | 1991 - 1992 | 1995 - 1996 | 1999 - 2011 |
| 1981 - 1984 | 1988 - 1990 | 1993 - 1994 | 1997 - 1998 | Backups |
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