Kenneth Cockrell

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: Jim Bridenstine
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.