70th Space Shuttle Mission

21st Flight of Discovery Crew:

Terence "Tom" Henricks, Commander

Kevin R. Kregel, Pilot

Nancy Jane Currie, Mission Specialist

Donald A. Thomas, Mission Specialist

Mary Ellen Weber, Mission Specialist

The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-G (TDRS-G), a NASA communications satellite to augment the existing TDRS cluster, was deployed to geosynchronous orbit using an Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) booster.