STS-26 crew
Front row (L-R): Richard Covey, Frederick Hauck
Back row (L-R): John Lounge, David Hilmers, George Nelson
Mission patch
Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-26), launched September 29, 1988, was the "Return to Flight" mission, the first since the Challenger disaster in January 1986. Its crew consisted of Commander Frederick Hauck, Pilot Richard Covey, John Lounge, David Hilmers and George Nelson.
It was the first space shuttle to be equipped with a Voice Control Unit, which was a computer capable of recognizing and responding to human speech.
They returned to Earth October 3.
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