STS-65
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Rocket Launch Video
Crew

Robert D. Cabana
- Birthday: 01/23/1949
- Role: Commander
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 10/06/1990
- Last Flight: 12/04/1998
Robert Donald Cabana is the director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center, a former NASA astronaut, and a veteran of four S...

James Halsell
- Birthday: 09/29/1956
- Role: Pilot
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 07/08/1994
- Last Flight: 05/19/2000
James Halsell was an Air Force Test Pilot when he was selected by NASA to become an Astronaut in 1990. He was a veteran of fi...

Chiaki Mukai
- Birthday: 05/06/1952
- Role: Payload Specialist
- Nationality: Japan
- First Flight: 07/08/1994
- Last Flight: 10/29/1998
Chiaki Mukai (向井 千秋 Mukai Chiaki, born May 6, 1952, Tatebayashi, Gunma, Japan) is a Japanese doctor and JAXA astronau...

Richard Hieb
- Birthday: 09/21/1955
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 04/28/1991
- Last Flight: 07/08/1994
Richard James Hieb is a former NASA astronaut and a veteran of three space shuttle missions. He was a mission specialist on S...

Carl E. Walz
- Birthday: 09/06/1955
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 09/12/1993
- Last Flight: 12/05/2001
Carl Erwin Walz is a former NASA astronaut currently working for Orbital Sciences Corporation's Advanced Programs Group as Vi...

Donald A. Thomas
- Birthday: 05/06/1955
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 07/08/1994
- Last Flight: 07/01/1997
Donald Alan Thomas, Ph.D. is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut.

Leroy Chiao
- Birthday: 08/28/1960
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 07/08/1994
- Last Flight: 10/14/2004
Leroy Chiao is a Chinese-American engineer, former NASA astronaut, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and engineering consul...
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.