Donald E. Williams
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Donald Edward Williams was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut. He logged a total of 287 hours and 35 minutes in space.
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STS-34
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STS-34 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Atlantis. It was the 31st shuttle mission overall, and the fifth flight for Atlantis. STS-34 launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 18, 1
Donald E. Williams
…as Chief of the Mission Support Branch within the Astronaut Office. Williams served as pilot on STS-51-D in 1985, and was the spacecraft commander on STS-34 in 1989. STS-51-D Discovery (April 12–19, 1985) was launched from and returned to land at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. During the mission, the…
Galileo and its Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) in the payload bay of Atlantis
Back row: Williams and McCulley Front row: Lucid, Chang-Díaz and BakerSpace Shuttle program← STS-28 (30)STS-33 (32) →
Liftoff of Atlantis
Galileo heads for Jupiter.