STS-50Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 Lockheed Space Operations Company Launch Status Success Thu · Jun 25th, 1992 12:12 PM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJG-sD0yKxc Crew Bonnie J. Dunbar Mission Specialist Status: Retired 3/3/1949 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Bonnie 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 Specialist Status: Retired 4/27/1953 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ellen 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 Commander Status: Retired 8/24/1946 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Richard 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 Specialist Status: Retired 11/16/1950 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Carl Joseph Meade is a former NASA astronaut. Ken Bowersox Pilot Status: Retired 11/14/1956 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Kenneth 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 Specialist Status: Retired 7/11/1950 - Nationality: American Type: Payload Specialist Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lawrence 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 Specialist Status: Retired 9/14/1950 - Nationality: American Vietnamese Type: Payload Specialist Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Eugene 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. Mission STS-50 Location Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA 182 launches have been at this location. Rocket Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102 Length: 38.1 meters Diameter: 8.4 meters First Launched: April 12, 1981 Space 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. Agency Lockheed Space Operations Company Type: Commercial Abbreviation: LSOC Administration: Founded: Launchers: Spacecraft: Country: USA View Rocket Launch Schedule