STS-28

Brewster H. Shaw

• Birthday: 05/16/1945
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 11/28/1983
• Last Flight: 08/08/1989

Brewster Hopkinson Shaw Jr. is a former NASA astronaut, a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and former executive at Boeing. Shaw...

Richard N. Richards

• Birthday: 08/24/1946
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 08/08/1989
• Last Flight: 09/09/1994

Richard Noel "Dick" Richards is a retired American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, chemical engineer, and a ...

James C. Adamson

• Birthday: 03/03/1946
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 08/08/1989
• Last Flight: 08/02/1991

James Craig Adamson is a former NASA astronaut and retired Colonel of the United States Army. He is married with 3 children. ...

Mark N. Brown

• Birthday: 11/18/1951
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 08/08/1989
• Last Flight: 09/12/1991

Mark Neil Brown is an American engineer, retired Colonel in the United States Air Force and former NASA astronaut.

David Leestma

• Birthday: 05/06/1949
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 10/05/1984
• Last Flight: 03/24/1992

David Cornell Leestma is a former American astronaut and retired Captain in the United States Navy.

Mission

STS-28

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

STS-28 was the thirtieth space shuttle mission, the fourth dedicated to the Department of Defence and the eigth of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

Location

Launch Complex 39B

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Launch Complex 39B has witnessed the launch of 58 rockets, including 57 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.

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