STS-101

James Halsell

• Birthday: 09/29/1956
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 07/08/1994
• Last Flight: 05/19/2000

James Halsell was an Air Force Test Pilot when he was selected by NASA to become an Astronaut in 1990. He was a veteran of fi...

Scott Horowitz

• Birthday: 03/24/1957
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 02/22/1996
• Last Flight: 08/10/2001

Scott Jay "Doc" Horowitz is a retired American astronaut and a veteran of four space shuttle missions. Horowitz was...

Mary Ellen Weber

• Birthday: 01/01/1962
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 07/13/1995
• Last Flight: 05/19/2000

Mary Ellen Weber is an American executive, scientist, aviator, speaker, and a former NASA astronaut.

Jeffrey Williams

• Birthday: 01/18/1958
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 05/19/2000
• Last Flight: 03/18/2016

Jeffrey Nels Williams is a retired United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four space flights and...

Yury Usachov

• Birthday: 10/09/1957
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: Russia
• First Flight: 01/08/1994
• Last Flight: 03/08/2001

Yury Vladimirovich Usachov (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Усачёв; born October 9, 1957 in Donetsk, Rostov ...

James S. Voss

• Birthday: 03/03/1949
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 11/24/1991
• Last Flight: 03/08/2001

James Shelton Voss is a retired United States Army Colonel and NASA astronaut. During his time with NASA, Voss flew in space ...

Susan Helms

• Birthday: 02/26/1958
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 01/13/1993
• Last Flight: 03/08/2001

Susan Jane Helms is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut. Helms was a crew...

Mission

STS-101

• Type: Human Exploration
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
• Launch Cost: $450,000,000

STS-101 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. The mission was a 10-day mission conducted between 19 May 2000 and 29 May 2000. The mission was designated 2A.2a and was a resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Location

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 199 rockets, including 198 orbital launch attempts. While Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 257 rocket launches.

The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).

Rocket

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.

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Agency

United Space Alliance

United Space Alliance (USA) is a spaceflight operations company. USA is a joint venture which was established in August 1995 as a Limited Liability Company (LLC), equally owned by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.