The mission's primary payload, the second NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-3) was successfully deployed. Secondary payloads included a wide range of experiments. One problem encountered on the mission occurred when the orbiter cabin Flight Evaporator System iced up, raising the crew cabin temperature to the mid-80s.!
Front row, left to right: Pilot Richard Covey, DOB: 8/1/46, Background: Col., USAF. Pilot on 51-I. Commander of STS-38. Education: B.S. in engineering sciences; M.S. in aeronautics and astronautics.
Commander Frederick Hauck, DOB: 4/11/41, Background: Capt., USN. Piloted STS-7. Commanded 51-A. Education: B.S. in physics; M.S. in nuclear engineering.
Back row, left to right: Mission Specialist David Hilmers, DOB: 1/28/50, Background: Col., USMC. Mission specialist on 51-J, STS-36 and STS-42. Education: B.A. in mathematics; M.S. in electrical engineering.
Mission Specialist George (Pinky) Nelson, DOB: 7/13/50, Background: Mission specialist on 41-C and 61-C. Education: B.S. in physics; Ph.D. in astronomy.
Mission Specialist John (Mike) Lounge, DOB: 6/28/46, Background: Mission specialist on 51-I and STS-35. Education: B.S. in physics and mathematics; M.S. in astrogeophysics.!
29 September 1988 11:37 a.m. EDT
Flight was delayed 1 hour and 38 minutes in order to repair two of the crew's flight pressure suits and due to atmospheric winds.!
