STS-40Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 Lockheed Space Operations Company Launch Status Success Wed ยท Jun 5th, 1991 9:24 AM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr7Xnr9y500 Crew Margaret Rhea Seddon Mission Specialist Status: Retired 11/8/1947 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Margaret Rhea Seddon is a physician and retired NASA astronaut. After being selected as part of the first group of astronauts to include women, she flew on three Space Shuttle flights: as mission specialist for STS-51-D and STS-40, and as payload commander for STS-58. Both before and after her career in the astronaut program, she has been active in the medical community in Tennessee, Mississippi and Texas. James P. Bagian Mission Specialist Status: Retired 2/22/1952 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration James Philip Bagian, MD, PE is an American physician, engineer, and former NASA astronaut of Armenian descent. During his career as an astronaut, he logged 337 hours of space-flight, over two missions, STS-29 (in 1989) and STS-40 (in 1991). After leaving NASA in 1995, Bagian was elected as a member of both the National Academy of Engineering and of the Institute of Medicine. Bagian is currently the Director of the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety at the University of Michigan. Bryan D. O'Connor Commander Status: Retired 9/6/1946 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Bryan Daniel O'Connor is a retired United States Marine Corps Colonel and former NASA astronaut. Sidney M. Gutierrez Pilot Status: Retired 6/27/1951 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Sidney McNeill Gutierrez is a former NASA astronaut. Tamara E. Jernigan Mission Specialist Status: Retired 5/7/1959 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Tamara Elizabeth "Tammy" Jernigan, Ph.D. is an American scientist and former NASA astronaut and a veteran of five shuttle missions. F. Drew Gaffney Payload Specialist Status: Retired 6/9/1946 - Nationality: American Type: Payload Specialist Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Francis Andrew "Drew" Gaffney is an American doctor. He previously worked for NASA and participated in the STS-40 Space Life Sciences (SLS 1) Space Shuttle mission in 1991 as a payload specialist. The SLS-1 mission crew completed over 18 experiments in nine days, bringing back more medical data than any previous NASA flight. He is currently a professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University. Millie Hughes-Fulford Payload Specialist Status: Retired 12/21/1945 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Millie Elizabeth Hughes-Fulford (born December 21, 1945) is an American medical investigator, molecular biologist and former NASA astronaut who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission as a Payload Specialist. Mission STS-40 Location Launch Complex 39B 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