STS-36

John Oliver Creighton

• Birthday: 04/28/1943
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: American
• First Flight: 06/17/1985
• Last Flight: 09/12/1991

John Oliver Creighton is a former NASA astronaut who flew three Space Shuttle missions.

John Casper

• Birthday: 07/09/1943
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: American
• First Flight: 02/28/1990
• Last Flight: 05/19/1996

John Howard Casper is an American astronaut and United States Air Force pilot.

Mike Mullane

• Birthday: 09/10/1945
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: American
• First Flight: 08/30/1984
• Last Flight: 02/28/1990

Richard Michael “Mike” Mullane is an engineer and aircraft pilot, a retired USAF officer. and a former NASA astronaut. During his career, he flew as a mission specialist on STS-41-D, STS-27, and STS-36.

Pierre J. Thuot

• Birthday: 05/19/1955
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: American
• First Flight: 02/28/1990
• Last Flight: 03/04/1994

Pierre Joseph Thuot is a retired United States Navy Captain and NASA astronaut. He went into space three times, spending over 650 hours in space, including over 15 hours in three space walks. He is a former U.S. record holder for time spent on one space walk, and participated in the first three-person space walk.

David Hilmers

• Birthday: 01/28/1950
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: American
• First Flight: 10/03/1985
• Last Flight: 01/22/1992

David Carl Hilmers is a former NASA astronaut. Hilmers was selected a NASA astronaut in July 1980, and completed the initial training period in August 1981. A veteran of four space flights, he has logged over 493 hours in space.

STS-36

• Type: Government/Top Secret
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
• Launch Cost: $450,000,000

STS-36 was the thirty-fourth mission of the shuttle program and the sixth of Atlantis and the fourth night launch of the shuttle program. It was a deparment of defence mission and so its mission is classified.

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 174 rockets, including 173 orbital launch attempts, while Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 232 rocket launches.

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.