STS-50Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102Lockheed Space Operations Company Launch Status Success Thu · Jun 25th, 1992 12:12 PM EDT Watch Online Crew Bonnie J. Dunbar Mission SpecialistStatus: Retired 3/3/1949 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 10/30/1985 Last Flight: 1/23/1998Bonnie 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. Ellen S. Baker Mission SpecialistStatus: Retired 4/27/1953 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 10/18/1989 Last Flight: 6/27/1995Ellen Louise Shulman Baker, M.D., M.P.H. is an American physician and a NASA astronaut. Baker serves as Chief of the Education/Medical Branch of the NASA Astronaut Office. Richard N. Richards CommanderStatus: Retired 8/24/1946 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 8/8/1989 Last Flight: 9/9/1994Richard Noel "Dick" Richards is a retired American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, chemical engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. He flew aboard four Space Shuttle missions in the 1980s and 1990s. Carl J. Meade Mission SpecialistStatus: Retired 11/16/1950 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 11/15/1990 Last Flight: 9/9/1994Carl Joseph Meade is a former NASA astronaut. Ken Bowersox PilotStatus: Retired 11/14/1956 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 6/25/1992 Last Flight: 11/23/2002Kenneth Dwane "Sox" Bowersox is a United States Navy officer, and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle launches and an extended stay aboard the International Space Station. When he launched on STS-73 at the age of 38 years and 11 months, he became the youngest person ever to command a Space Shuttle vehicle. Lawrence J. DeLucas Payload SpecialistStatus: Retired 7/11/1950 - Nationality: American Type: Payload Specialist First Flight: 6/25/1992 Last Flight: 6/25/1992Lawrence James "Larry" DeLucas (O. D., Ph.D.) is an American biochemist who flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-50 as a Payload Specialist. DeLucas was a member of the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia for STS-50 (June 25-July 9, 1992), the United States Microgravity Laboratory-1 (USML-1) Spacelab mission. Over a two-week period, the crew conducted a wide variety of experiments relating to materials processing and fluid physics. At mission conclusion, DeLucas had traveled over 5.7 million miles in 221 Earth orbits, and had logged over 331 hours in space. Eugene H. Trinh Payload SpecialistStatus: Retired 9/14/1950 - Nationality: American Vietnamese Type: Payload Specialist First Flight: 6/25/1992 Last Flight: 6/25/1992Eugene Huu-Chau "Gene" Trinh (Vietnamese: Trịnh Hữu Châu, born September 14, 1950) is a Vietnamese American biochemist who flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-50 as a Payload Specialist, becoming the first Vietnamese American astronaut in space. MissionSTS-50 LocationLaunch Complex 39AKennedy 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