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STS-62

Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102

Lockheed Space Operations Company

Launch Status
Success

Rocket Launch Video

Crew

John Casper

John Casper

  • Birthday: 07/09/1943
  • Role: Commander
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 02/28/1990
  • Last Flight: 05/19/1996

John Howard Casper is an American astronaut and United States Air Force pilot.

Andrew M. Allen

Andrew M. Allen

  • Birthday: 08/04/1955
  • Role: Pilot
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 07/31/1992
  • Last Flight: 02/22/1996

Andrew Michael "Andy" Allen is a retired American astronaut. A former Marine aviator and lieutenant colonel, he wor...

Charles D. Gemar

Charles D. Gemar

  • Birthday: 08/04/1955
  • Role: Mission Specialist
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 11/15/1990
  • Last Flight: 03/04/1994

Charles Donald "Sam" Gemar is an American former astronaut with NASA and a lieutenant colonel in the United States ...

Pierre J. Thuot

Pierre J. Thuot

  • Birthday: 05/19/1955
  • Role: Mission Specialist
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 02/28/1990
  • Last Flight: 03/04/1994

Pierre Joseph Thuot is a retired United States Navy Captain and NASA astronaut. He went into space three times, spending over...

Marsha Ivins

Marsha Ivins

  • Birthday: 04/15/1951
  • Role: Mission Specialist
  • Nationality: United States of America
  • First Flight: 01/09/1990
  • Last Flight: 02/07/2001

Marsha Sue Ivins is an American former astronaut and a veteran of five space shuttle missions.

Mission

STS-62

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

STS-62 was a Space Shuttle program mission flown aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. The primary payloads were the USMP-02 microgravity experiments package and the OAST-2 engineering and technology payload, both in the orbiter's cargo bay. The two-week mission also featured a number of biomedical experiments focusing on the effects of long duration spaceflight.

Location

Launch Complex 39B

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Launch Complex 39B has witnessed the launch of 58 rockets, including 57 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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Agency

Lockheed Space Operations Company

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