... The Galileo spacecraft was carried into space by the shuttleAtlantis on October 18, 1989. ... Galileo spacecraft and its Inertial Upper Stage booster rocket were deployed from the spaceshuttleAtlantis October 18, 1989 ...
... The Magellan spacecraft was the first planetary explorer to be launched by a spaceshuttle when it was carried aloft by the shuttleAtlantis from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 4, 1989. ...
... The Galileo spacecraft was carried into Earth orbit on October 18, 1989, by spaceshuttleAtlantis, commanded by Donald E. Williams and piloted by Michael J. McCulley. ...