STS-79
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104
United Space Alliance
Crew
Thomas Akers
Status: Retired
5/20/1951 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 10/6/1990
Last Flight: 9/16/1996
Thomas Dale Akers is a former American astronaut in NASA's Space Shuttle program.
Jerome Apt
Status: Retired
4/28/1949 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 4/5/1991
Last Flight: 9/16/1996
Jerome "Jay" Apt III, Ph.D. (born April 28, 1949 in Massachusetts) is an American astronaut and professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Before he became an astronaut, Apt was a physicist who worked on the Pioneer Venus 1978 space probe project, and used visible light and infrared techniques to study the planets and moons of the solar system from ground-based observatories.
Carl E. Walz
Status: Retired
9/6/1955 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 9/22/1993
Last Flight: 12/5/2001
Carl Erwin Walz is a former NASA astronaut currently working for Orbital Sciences Corporation's Advanced Programs Group as Vice President for Human Space Flight Operations. Walz was formerly assigned to the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. He was the Acting Director for the Advanced Capabilities Division in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, and was responsible for a broad range of activities to include Human Research, Technology Development, Nuclear Power and Propulsion and the Lunar Robotic Exploration Programs to support the Vision for Space Exploration.
Terrence W. Wilcutt
Status: Active
10/31/1949 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 9/30/1994
Last Flight: 9/8/2000
Terrence Wade Wilcutt is a United States Marine Corps officer and a NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. Wilcutt is currently the Director of Safety and Mission Assurance, Johnson Space Center.
William F. Readdy
Status: Retired
1/24/1952 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 1/22/1992
Last Flight: 9/16/1996
William Francis Readdy is a former Associate Administrator of the Office of Space Flight, at NASA Headquarters.
He graduated from McLean High School, McLean, Virginia, in 1970 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering (with honors) from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1974. He's a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School 1980. Readdy is a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, the Explorers Club, and the Royal Astronautical Society and is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA. He also belongs to the Association of Space Explorers.
John E. Blaha
Status: Retired
8/26/1942 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 3/13/1989
Last Flight: 9/16/1996
John Elmer Blaha is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five space missions aboard the Space Shuttle and Mir.
Blaha is married to the former Brenda I. Walters of St. Louis, Missouri. They have three grown children and four grandchildren.
Mission
STS-79
Type: Human Exploration
STS-79 was the 17th flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis, and the 79th mission of the Space Shuttle program. The flight saw Atlantis dock with the Russian space station Mir to deliver equipment, supplies and relief personnel. A variety of scientific experiments were also conducted aboard Atlantis by her crew. It was the first shuttle mission to rendezvous with a fully assembled Mir, and the fourth rendezvous of a shuttle to the space station.
Location
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
210 rockets have launched from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
Rocket
Space Shuttle Atlantis OV-104 – United Space Alliance
Family: Space Shuttle
Length: 38.1 m
Diameter: 8.4 m
Launch Mass: 2040 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 24400 kg
The Space Shuttle Atlantis OV-104 was manufactured by United Space Alliance with the first launch on 1985-10-03. Space Shuttle Atlantis OV-104 has 32 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 32 launches. Constructed in 1985, Atlantis was the fourth operational and the second-to-last Space Shuttle built. Its maiden flight was STS-51-J in October of 1985. Atlantis embarked on its 33rd and final mission, also the final mission of a space shuttle, STS-135, on 8 July 2011.
Agency
United Space Alliance
Type: Commercial
Abbreviation: USA
Founded: 1995
Launchers: Space Shuttle
Country: USA
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.
