STS-38

Richard O. Covey

• Birthday: 08/01/1946
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 08/27/1985
• Last Flight: 12/02/1993

Richard Oswalt Covey is a retired United States Air Force officer and former NASA astronaut.

Frank L. Culbertson Jr.

• Birthday: 05/15/1949
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 11/15/1990
• Last Flight: 08/10/2001

Frank Lee Culbertson Jr. is an American former naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and NASA astronaut....

Robert C. Springer

• Birthday: 05/21/1942
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 03/13/1989
• Last Flight: 11/15/1990

Robert Clyde "Bob" Springer is a retired American astronaut and test pilot who flew as a Mission Specialist on two ...

Carl J. Meade

• Birthday: 11/16/1950
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 11/15/1990
• Last Flight: 09/09/1994

Carl Joseph Meade is a former NASA astronaut.

Charles D. Gemar

• Birthday: 08/04/1955
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 11/15/1990
• Last Flight: 03/04/1994

Charles Donald "Sam" Gemar is an American former astronaut with NASA and a lieutenant colonel in the United States ...

Mission

STS-38

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

STS-38 was the seventh flight for the Space Shuttle Atlantis and was also the seventh flight dedicated to the department of defence.

Location

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 200 rockets, including 199 orbital launch attempts. While Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 258 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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