STS-32Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 Lockheed Space Operations Company Launch Status Success Tue ยท Jan 9th, 1990 7:35 AM EST Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhQk1z4mqhY Crew Daniel Brandenstein Commander Status: Retired 1/17/1943 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Daniel Charles Brandenstein is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of United Space Alliance. He is a former Naval Aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut, who flew four Space Shuttle missions. Bonnie J. Dunbar Mission Specialist Status: Retired 3/3/1949 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar is a former NASA astronaut. She retired from NASA in September 2005 then served as president and CEO of The Museum of Flight until April 2010. From January 2013 - December 2015, Dr. Dunbar lead the University of Houston's STEM Center (science, technology, engineering and math) and was a faculty member in the Cullen College of Engineering.[1] Currently, she is a professor of aerospace engineering at Texas A&M University and serves as Director of the Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation (IEEI), a joint entity in the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and the Dwight Look College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. Jim Wetherbee Pilot Status: Retired 11/27/1952 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration James Donald "Wxb" Wetherbee is an American former naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of six Space Shuttle missions and is the only American to have commanded five spaceflight missions. Marsha Ivins Mission Specialist Status: Retired 4/15/1951 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Marsha Sue Ivins is an American former astronaut and a veteran of five space shuttle missions. G. David Low Mission Specialist Status: Deceased 2/19/1956 - 3/15/2008 Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration George David Low was an American aerospace executive and a NASA astronaut. He was born in 1956 to Dr. George Low, the Manager of the Apollo Spacecraft Program Office. With undergraduate degrees in physics and mechanical engineering and a master's degree in aeronautics and astronautics, he worked in the JPL at the California Institute of Technology in the early 80's, before being picked as an astronaut candidate by NASA in 1984. In addition to holding some technical assignments, he logged more than 700 hours in space (including stints on the Columbia, the Atlantis and the Endeavour), before he left NASA in 1996 to pursue a career in the private sector. Mission STS-32 Type: Communications STS-32 was the thirty-third mission of the shuttle program and ninth of Columbia. It was the first use of Launch Pad 39A and also marked the first use of the Mobile Launcher Platform No. 3 (MLP-3) in the shuttle program. This was the longest flight of the shuttle program lasting nearly 11 days. Its primary missions were to deploy a defence 10 satellite and retrieved NASAs Long Duration Exposure Facility. Location Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA 182 launches have been at this location. Rocket Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102 Length: 38.1 meters Diameter: 8.4 meters First Launched: April 12, 1981 Space Shuttle Columbia was the first space-rated orbiter in NASA’s Space Shuttle fleet. It launched for the first time on mission STS-1 on April 12, 1981, the first flight of the Space Shuttle program. Over 22 years of service it completed 27 missions before disintegrating during re-entry near the end of its 28th mission, STS-107 on February 1, 2003, resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members. The Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102 rocket has been launched a total of 30 times with 29 successful and 1 failed launches. Agency Lockheed Space Operations Company Type: Commercial Abbreviation: LSOC Administration: Founded: Launchers: Spacecraft: Country: USA View Rocket Launch Schedule