STS-30
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STS-30 was the 29th NASA Space Shuttle mission and the fourth mission for Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the fourth shuttle launch since the Challenger disaster and the first shuttle mission since the
Magellan and its IUS in the payload bay of Atlantis
From left: Grabe, Walker, Thagard, Cleave and LeeSpace Shuttle program← STS-29 (28)STS-28 (30) →
The launch of Atlantis on STS-30
Atlantis deploys its landing gear before landing at the end of STS-30.
David M. Walker (astronaut)
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David Mathieson Walker,, was an American naval officer and aviator, fighter pilot, test pilot, and a former NASA astronaut. He flew aboard four Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s and 1990s.
STS-30
…Shuttle Atlantis Launch mass 118,441 kg (261,118 lb) Landing mass 87,296 kg (192,455 lb) Payload mass 20,833 kg (45,929 lb) Crew Crew size 5 Members David M. Walker Ronald J. Grabe Mark C. Lee Norman Thagard Mary L. Cleave Start of mission Launch date May 4, 1989, 18:46:59 UTC (2:46:59 pm EDT) Launch site Kennedy…
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Grave at Arlington National Cemetery