STS-86
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104
United Space Alliance
Rocket Launch Video
Crew

Jim Wetherbee
- Birthday: 11/27/1952
- Role: Commander
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 01/09/1990
- Last Flight: 11/24/2002
James Donald "Wxb" Wetherbee is an American former naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and N...

Michael J. Bloomfield
- Birthday: 03/16/1959
- Role: Pilot
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 09/26/1997
- Last Flight: 04/08/2002
Michael John "Bloomer" Bloomfield is an American former astronaut and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions.

Jean-Loup Chrétien
- Birthday: 08/20/1938
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: France
- First Flight: 06/24/1982
- Last Flight: 09/26/1997
Jean-Loup Jacques Marie Chrétien (born 20 August 1938) is a French retired Général de Brigade (brigadier general) in the A...

David Wolf
- Birthday: 08/23/1956
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 10/18/1993
- Last Flight: 07/15/2009
David Alexander Wolf is an American astronaut, medical doctor and electrical engineer. Wolf has been to space four times. Thr...

Wendy B. Lawrence
- Birthday: 07/02/1959
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 03/02/1995
- Last Flight: 07/26/2005
Wendy Barrien Lawrence is a retired United States Navy Captain, former helicopter pilot, an engineer, and a former NASA astro...

Scott E. Parazynski
- Birthday: 07/28/1961
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 11/03/1994
- Last Flight: 10/23/2007
Scott Edward Parazynski is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut. A veteran of five Space Shuttle flights and sev...

Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov
- Birthday: 01/01/1947
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: Russia
- First Flight: 04/20/1983
- Last Flight: 09/26/1997
Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov (Russian: Владимир Георгиевич Титов; born 1 January 1947 in Sretensk, Zaba...
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.