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STS-3

Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102

Rockwell International

Launch Status
Success

Crew

Jack R. Lousma

Jack R. Lousma

Status: Retired
2/29/1936 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 7/28/1973
Last Flight: 3/22/1982

Jack Robert Lousma is an American aeronautical engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former naval aviator, NASA astronaut, and politician. He was a member of the second manned crew on the Skylab space station in 1973. In 1982, he commanded STS-3, the third Space Shuttle mission.

C. Gordon Fullerton

C. Gordon Fullerton

Status: Deceased
10/11/1936 - 8/21/2013
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 3/22/1982
Last Flight: 7/29/1985

Charles Gordon Fullerton was a United States Air Force colonel, a USAF and NASA astronaut, and a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, California.[1] His assignments included a variety of flight research and support activities piloting NASA's B-52 launch aircraft, the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), and other multi-engine and high performance aircraft. Fullerton, who logged more than 380 hours in space flight, was a NASA astronaut from September 1969 until November 1986 when he joined the research pilot office at Dryden. In July 1988, he completed a 30-year career with the U.S. Air Force and retired as a colonel. He continued in his position of NASA research pilot as a civilian. Fullerton and his wife and their two children lived in Lancaster, California.

Mission

STS-3

Type: Test Flight

STS-3 was the third flight of the Space Shuttle program. It flew in orbit for 8 days. This mission involved extensive orbital endurance testing of Columbia and also included multiple scientific experiments.

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Mission patch for STS-3

Location

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

222 rockets have launched from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.

Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Agency

Rockwell International – ROI

  • Type: Commercial
  • Abbreviation: ROI
  • Country: USA
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