Editing STS-3 (section)

== Crew ==
{{Spaceflight crew
| terminology = Astronaut

| position1   = Commander
| crew1_up    = [[Jack R. Lousma]]<ref name=nasasts3>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-3.html|title=STS-3|publisher=NASA|access-date=August 1, 2018}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
| flights1_up = Second and last

| position2   = Pilot
| crew2_up    = [[C. Gordon Fullerton]]
| flights2_up = First
}}

Commander Jack R. Lousma previously flew as pilot of the second Skylab crew ([[Skylab 3]]), staying aboard the space station for 59 days from July to September 1973. Lousma had previously been selected in 1978 as Pilot for [[STS-2]], which was then scheduled as a [[Skylab]] reboost mission. When delays in the Shuttle's development prevented ''Columbia'' from being launched in time to rendezvous with Skylab in 1979, STS-2 Commander [[Fred Haise|Fred W. Haise Jr.]] retired from NASA and Lousma was then moved up as Commander of STS-3.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americaspace.com/2018/03/11/to-fly-the-first-one-40-years-since-the-first-space-shuttle-crews/|title='To Fly the First One': 40 Years Since the First Space Shuttle Crews|last1=Evans|first1=Ben|date=March 11, 2018|publisher=America Space|access-date=December 3, 2019}}</ref> Lousma also served on the support crews for [[Apollo 9]], [[Apollo 10|10]] and [[Apollo 13|13]]; he was the [[Flight controller|CAPCOM]] during the time of the latter mission's near-disastrous accident. He was also selected as backup Docking Module Pilot for the [[Apollo–Soyuz|Apollo-Soyuz Test Project]] (ASTP) in 1975.

Fullerton was a rookie who transferred to NASA in 1969 after the cancelation of the [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]'s [[Manned Orbiting Laboratory]] (MOL) program. Fullerton had previous experience with the Shuttle as he had flown the shuttle ''[[Space Shuttle Enterprise|Enterprise]]'' as Pilot alongside Haise during the [[Approach and Landing Tests]] (ALT) program in 1977. He also served as part of the support crew for [[Apollo 14]], [[Apollo 15|15]], [[Apollo 16|16]] and [[Apollo 17|17]].

=== Backup crew ===
{{Spaceflight crew
|terminology = Astronaut

|position1   = Commander
|crew1_up    = [[Ken Mattingly]]<ref name=nasasts3/>

|position2   = Pilot
|crew2_up    = [[Henry Hartsfield]]
}}

=== Support crew ===
* [[Terry Hart|Terry J. Hart]] (ascent CAPCOM) <ref name="sts3transcript">[https://archive.org/details/STS-3 STS-3 Mission Transcript] Internet Archive. Retrieved October 24, 2012</ref>
* [[Steven R. Nagel]] (entry CAPCOM)
* [[George Nelson (astronaut)|George D. Nelson]]
* [[Sally Ride|Sally K. Ride]]
* [[Brewster H. Shaw]]
* [[David M. Walker (astronaut)|David M. Walker]]

=== Crew seat assignments ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Seat<ref name="spacefacts-sts3">{{Cite web |title=STS-3 |url=http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-3.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303201152/http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-3.htm |archive-date=March 3, 2024 |access-date=February 26, 2014 |website=spacefacts.de }}</ref> 
! Launch
! Landing
|rowspan=8| [[File:Space Shuttle seating plan.svg|150px]]<br />Seats 1–4 are on the flight deck.<br />Seats 5–7 are on the mid-deck.
|-
! 1
|colspan=2| Lousma
|-
! 2
|colspan=2| Fullerton
|-
! 3
|colspan=2 style="background-color:lightgray"| ''Unused''
|-
! 4
|colspan=2 style="background-color:lightgray"| ''Unused''
|-
! 5
|colspan=2 style="background-color:lightgray"| ''Unused''
|-
! 6
|colspan=2 style="background-color:lightgray"| ''Unused''
|-
! 7
|colspan=2 style="background-color:lightgray"| ''Unused''
|}