STS-46
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Rocket Launch Video
Crew

Loren Shriver
- Birthday: 09/23/1944
- Role: Commander
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 01/24/1985
- Last Flight: 07/31/1992
Loren James Shriver is a former NASA astronaut, aviator, and a retired US Air Force Colonel.

Andrew M. Allen
- Birthday: 08/04/1955
- Role: Pilot
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 07/31/1992
- Last Flight: 02/22/1996
Andrew Michael "Andy" Allen is a retired American astronaut. A former Marine aviator and lieutenant colonel, he wor...

Franco Malerba
- Birthday: 10/10/1946
- Role: Payload Specialist
- Nationality: Italy
- First Flight: 07/31/1992
- Last Flight: 07/31/1992
Franco Egidio Malerba (born 10 October 1946 in Busalla, Metropolitan City of Genoa, Italy) is an astronaut. He was the first ...

Claude Nicollier
- Birthday: 09/02/1944
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: Switzerland
- First Flight: 07/31/1992
- Last Flight: 12/20/1999
Claude Nicollier is the first astronaut from Switzerland. He has flown on four Space Shuttle missions. His first spaceflight ...

Jeffrey Hoffman
- Birthday: 11/02/1944
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 04/12/1985
- Last Flight: 02/22/1996
Jeffrey Alan Hoffman is an American former NASA astronaut and currently a professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT. H...

Marsha Ivins
- Birthday: 04/15/1951
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 01/09/1990
- Last Flight: 02/07/2001
Marsha Sue Ivins is an American former astronaut and a veteran of five space shuttle missions.

Franklin Chang Díaz
- Birthday: 04/05/1950
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 01/12/1986
- Last Flight: 06/05/2002
Franklin Ramón Chang Díaz is a Costa Rican Chinese American mechanical engineer, physicist, former NASA astronaut. He is th...
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.