STS-5

Vance D. Brand

• Birthday: 05/09/1931
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 07/15/1975
• Last Flight: 12/02/1990

Vance DeVoe Brand is an American former naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He ...

Robert F. Overmyer

• Birthday: 07/14/1936
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 11/11/1982
• Last Flight: 04/29/1985

Robert Franklyn "Bob" Overmyer was an American test pilot, naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, physicist, United ...

William B. Lenoir

• Birthday: 03/14/1939
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 11/11/1982
• Last Flight: 11/11/1982

William Benjamin "Bill" Lenoir, Ph.D. was an American electrical engineer and a NASA astronaut.

Joseph P. Allen

• Birthday: 06/27/1937
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 11/11/1982
• Last Flight: 11/08/1984

Joseph Percival "Joe" Allen IV, Ph.D. is a former NASA astronaut. He logged more than 3,000 hours flying time in je...

Mission

STS-5

• Type: Communications
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
• Launch Cost: $450,000,000

STS-5 marked the first fully operational mission of the Space Shuttle program, launched by the Columbia shuttle with four crew members. Known as the first satellite deployment mission, it successfully deployed two commercial communications satellites into orbit. STS-5 not only advanced satellite deployment techniques but also demonstrated the Space Shuttle's role in supporting commercial and scientific endeavors in space.

Location

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 199 rockets, including 198 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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