Status: Retired
4/9/1950 –
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 4/8/1993
Last Flight: 6/5/2002
Kenneth Dale “Taco” Cockrell is an American astronaut and a veteran of five space shuttle missions.
Launches
- Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-56
- Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-69
- Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-80
- Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-98
- Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-111
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Type: Government
Abbreviation: NASA
Administration: Administrator: Bill Nelson
Founded: 1958
Launchers: Space Shuttle | SLS
Spacecraft: Orion
Country: USA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.