STS-50

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 ...

Mission

STS-50

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

STS-50 (U.S. Microgravity Laboratory 1) was a United States Space Shuttle mission, the 12th mission of the Columbia orbiter.

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.

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