STS-37 Mission Patch

39th Space Shuttle Mission

8th Flight of Atlantis

Crew: Steven R. Nagel, Commander

Kenneth D. Cameron, Pilot

Jay Apt, Mission Specialist

Linda M. Godwin, Mission Specialist

Jerry L. Ross, Mission Specialist

The primary payload, the Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO) was deployed. The GRO high gain antenna failed to deploy on command. The antenna was deployed manually by astronauts Ross and Apt during an unplanned contingency spacewalk, the first unplanned U.S. spacewalk since April, 1985 and the first U.S. spacewalk since December, 1985.