STS-55

Steven R. Nagel

• Birthday: 10/27/1946
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 06/17/1985
• Last Flight: 04/26/1993

Steven Ray Nagel was an American astronaut, aeronautical and mechanical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force p...

Terence Henricks

• Birthday: 07/05/1952
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 11/24/1991
• Last Flight: 06/20/1996

Terence Thomas "Tom" Henricks is a retired colonel in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut. Sele...

Ulrich Walter

• Birthday: 02/09/1954
• Role: Payload Specialist
• Nationality: Germany
• First Flight: 04/26/1993
• Last Flight: 04/26/1993

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hans Walter (born February 9, 1954) is a German physicist/engineer and a former DFVLR astronaut.
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Bernard Harris

• Birthday: 06/26/1956
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/26/1993
• Last Flight: 02/03/1995

Bernard Anthony Harris Jr. is a former NASA astronaut. On February 9, 1995, Harris became the first African American to perfo...

Hans Schlegel

• Birthday: 08/03/1951
• Role: Payload Specialist
• Nationality: Germany
• First Flight: 04/26/1993
• Last Flight: 02/07/2008

Hans Wilhelm Schlegel (Überlingen, 3 August 1951) is a German physicist, an ESA astronaut, and a veteran of two NASA Space S...

Charles J. Precourt

• Birthday: 06/29/1955
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/26/1993
• Last Flight: 06/02/1998

Charles Joseph Precourt is a retired NASA astronaut. His career in flight began at an early age, and spans his entire lifetim...

Jerry L. Ross

• Birthday: 01/20/1948
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 11/27/1985
• Last Flight: 04/08/2002

Jerry Lynn Ross is a retired United States Air Force officer and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of seven Space Shut...

Mission

STS-55

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

STS-55 (Space Transportation System 55), or D-2 was the 55th overall flight of the US Space Shuttle and the 14th flight of Shuttle Columbia. This flight was a multinational Spacelab flight involving 88 experiments from eleven different nations. The experiments ranged from biology sciences to simple earth observations.

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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