STS-110

Michael J. Bloomfield

• Birthday: 03/16/1959
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 09/26/1997
• Last Flight: 04/08/2002

Michael John "Bloomer" Bloomfield is an American former astronaut and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions.

Stephen Frick

• Birthday: 09/30/1964
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/08/2002
• Last Flight: 02/07/2008

Stephen Nathaniel Frick is an American astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions. Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylva...

Lee Morin

• Birthday: 09/09/1952
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/08/2002
• Last Flight: 04/08/2002

Lee Miller Emile Morin is a United States Navy Captain and NASA astronaut. He flew on STS-110 in 2002.

Rex J. Walheim

• Birthday: 10/10/1962
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/08/2002
• Last Flight: 07/08/2011

Rex Joseph Walheim is a retired United States Air Force officer, engineer and NASA astronaut. He flew three space shuttle mis...

Ellen Ochoa

• Birthday: 05/10/1958
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/08/1993
• Last Flight: 04/08/2002

Ellen Ochoa is an American engineer, former astronaut and the current Director of the Johnson Space Center. Ochoa became dire...

Steven Smith

• Birthday: 12/30/1958
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 09/30/1994
• Last Flight: 04/08/2002

Steven Lee Smith is an American technology executive and former NASA astronaut, being a veteran of four space flights coverin...

Jerry L. Ross

• Birthday: 01/20/1948
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 11/27/1985
• Last Flight: 04/08/2002

Jerry Lynn Ross is a retired United States Air Force officer and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of seven Space Shut...

Mission

STS-110

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

STS-110 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on 8–19 April 2002 flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. The main purpose was to install the S0 Truss segment, which forms the backbone of the truss structure on the station.

Location

Launch Complex 39B

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Launch Complex 39B has witnessed the launch of 58 rockets, including 57 orbital launch attempts. While Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 266 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.