STS-40Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102Lockheed Space Operations Company Launch Status Success Wed ยท Jun 5th, 1991 9:24 AM EDT Watch Online Crew Margaret Rhea Seddon Mission SpecialistStatus: Retired 11/8/1947 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 4/12/1985 Last Flight: 10/18/1993Margaret 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 SpecialistStatus: Retired 2/22/1952 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 3/13/1989 Last Flight: 6/5/1991James 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 CommanderStatus: Retired 9/6/1946 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 11/27/1985 Last Flight: 6/5/1991Bryan Daniel O'Connor is a retired United States Marine Corps Colonel and former NASA astronaut. Sidney M. Gutierrez PilotStatus: Retired 6/27/1951 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 6/5/1991 Last Flight: 4/4/1994Sidney McNeill Gutierrez is a former NASA astronaut. Tamara E. Jernigan Mission SpecialistStatus: Retired 5/7/1959 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 6/5/1991 Last Flight: 5/27/1999Tamara Elizabeth "Tammy" Jernigan, Ph.D. is an American scientist and former NASA astronaut and a veteran of five shuttle missions. F. Drew Gaffney Payload SpecialistStatus: Retired 6/9/1946 - Nationality: American Type: Payload Specialist First Flight: 6/5/1991 Last Flight: 6/5/1991Francis 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 SpecialistStatus: Deceased 12/21/1945 - 2/4/2021 Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 6/5/1991 Last Flight: 6/5/1991Millie Elizabeth Hughes-Fulford was an American medical investigator, molecular biologist and former NASA astronaut who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission as a Payload Specialist. MissionSTS-40 LocationLaunch Complex 39BKennedy Space Center, FL, USA185 rockets have launched from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. RocketSpace Shuttle Columbia OV-102Length: 38.1 meters Diameter: 8.4 meters First Launch: April 12, 1981Space 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. AgencyLockheed Space Operations CompanyType: Commercial Abbreviation: LSOCCountry: USA View Rocket Launch Schedule