STS-81

Crew

Marsha Ivins

Status: Retired
4/15/1951 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 1/9/1990
Last Flight: 2/7/2001

Marsha Sue Ivins is an American former astronaut and a veteran of five space shuttle missions.

Peter Wisoff

Status: Retired
8/16/1958 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 6/21/1993
Last Flight: 10/11/2000

Peter Jeffrey Kelsay Wisoff is an American physicist and former NASA astronaut. Wisoff qualified as mission specialist and flew in four manned Space Shuttle missions, with his first launch in 1993 and his last in 2000.

Jerry M. Linenger

Status: Retired
1/9/1955 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 9/9/1994
Last Flight: 1/12/1997

Jerry Michael Linenger is a retired Captain in the United States Navy Medical Corps, and a former NASA astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle and Space Station Mir.

Michael A. Baker

Status: Retired
10/27/1953 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 8/2/1991
Last Flight: 1/12/1997

Michael Allen Baker is a retired captain in the United States Navy, former NASA astronaut, and the International Space Station Program Manager for International and Crew Operations, at NASA's Johnson Space Center. He is responsible for the coordination of program operations, integration and flight crew training and support activities with the International Partners.

John M. Grunsfeld

Status: Retired
10/10/1958 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 3/2/1995
Last Flight: 5/11/2009

John Mace Grunsfeld is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and has served as NASA Chief Scientist. His academic background includes research in high energy astrophysics, cosmic ray physics and the emerging field of exoplanet studies with specific interest in future astronomical instrumentation. After retiring from NASA in 2009, he served as the Deputy Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. In January 2012, he returned to NASA and served as associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD). Grunsfeld announced his retirement from NASA in April 2016.

Brent W. Jett Jr.

Status: Retired
10/5/1958 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 1/11/1996
Last Flight: 9/9/2006

Brent Ward Jett Jr. is a retired American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace and aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut.

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.