STS-34 Mission Patch

31st Space Shuttle Mission 5th Flight of Atlantis

Crew:

Donald E. Williams, Commander

Michael J. McCulley, Pilot

Ellen S. Baker, Mission Specialist

Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, Mission Specialist

Shannon W. Lucid, Mission Specialist

The primary payload was the Galileo/Jupiter spacecraft in the second planetary mission in the Shuttle program. Galileo was fired on a six-year journey to Jupiter by an Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) booster.