STS-73Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 Lockheed Martin Space Operations Launch Status Success Fri · Oct 20th, 1995 9:53 AM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGr4N2Gp5qw Crew Kathryn C. Thornton Mission Specialist Status: Retired 8/17/1952 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Kathryn Ryan Cordell Thornton is an American scientist and a former NASA astronaut with over 975 hours in space, including 21 hours of extravehicular activity. She was the associate dean for graduate programs at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science, currently a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering. Ken Bowersox Commander 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. Kent Rominger Pilot Status: Retired 8/7/1956 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Kent Vernon "Rommel" Rominger is an American former astronaut, former NASA Chief of the Astronaut Office at Johnson Space Center, and a Captain in the United States Navy. Rominger holds the Space Shuttle Orbiter flight time record with 1610 hours on type. He joined ATK Launch Systems Group in 2006 as Vice President of Advanced Programs. Catherine Coleman Mission Specialist Status: Retired 12/14/1960 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Catherine Grace "Cady" Coleman is an American chemist, a former United States Air Force officer, and a former NASA astronaut. She is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions, and departed the International Space Station on May 23, 2011, as a crew member of Expedition 27 after logging 159 days in space. Michael López-Alegría Mission Specialist Status: Active 5/30/1958 - Nationality: American Type: Private Agency: Axiom Space Michael López-Alegría is a Spanish-American astronaut; a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one International Space Station mission. He is known for having performed ten spacewalks so far in his career, presently holding the second longest all-time EVA duration record and having the third longest spaceflight of any American at the length of 215 days; this time was spent on board the ISS from September 18, 2006 to April 21, 2007. Frederick W. Leslie Payload Specialist Status: Retired 12/19/1951 - Nationality: American Type: Payload Specialist Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Fred Weldon Leslie is an American scientist who flew on the NASA STS-73 Space Shuttle mission as a payload specialist. Albert Sacco Payload Specialist Status: Retired 5/3/1949 - Nationality: American Type: Payload Specialist Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Albert Sacco Jr. (born May 3, 1949) is an American chemical engineer who flew as a Payload Specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia on shuttle mission STS-73 in 1995. Mission STS-73 Location Launch Complex 39B 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 Martin Space Operations Type: Commercial Abbreviation: LMSO Administration: Founded: Launchers: Spacecraft: Country: USA View Rocket Launch Schedule