STS-50
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Rocket Launch Video
Crew

Richard N. Richards
- Birthday: 08/24/1946
- Role: Commander
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 08/08/1989
- Last Flight: 09/09/1994
Richard Noel "Dick" Richards is a retired American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, chemical engineer, and a ...

Ken Bowersox
- Birthday: 11/14/1956
- Role: Pilot
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 06/25/1992
- Last Flight: 11/24/2002
Kenneth Dwane "Sox" Bowersox is a United States Navy officer, and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five ...

Eugene H. Trinh
- Birthday: 09/14/1950
- Role: Payload Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America, Vietnam
- First Flight: 06/25/1992
- Last Flight: 06/25/1992
Eugene Huu-Chau "Gene" Trinh (Vietnamese: Trịnh Hữu Châu, born September 14, 1950) is a Vietnamese American bi...

Lawrence J. DeLucas
- Birthday: 07/11/1950
- Role: Payload Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 06/25/1992
- Last Flight: 06/25/1992
Lawrence James "Larry" DeLucas (O. D., Ph.D.) is an American biochemist who flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission ...

Carl J. Meade
- Birthday: 11/16/1950
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 11/15/1990
- Last Flight: 09/09/1994
Carl Joseph Meade is a former NASA astronaut.

Ellen S. Baker
- Birthday: 04/27/1953
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 10/18/1989
- Last Flight: 06/27/1995
Ellen Louise Shulman Baker, M.D., M.P.H. is an American physician and a NASA astronaut. Baker serves as Chief of the Educatio...

Bonnie J. Dunbar
- Birthday: 03/03/1949
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 10/30/1985
- Last Flight: 01/23/1998
Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar is a former NASA astronaut. She retired from NASA in September 2005 then served as president and CEO of ...
Location
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 208 rockets, including 207 orbital launch attempts. While Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 266 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.