STS-78

Terence Henricks

• Birthday: 07/05/1952
• Role: Commander
• 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...

Kevin R. Kregel

• Birthday: 09/16/1956
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 07/13/1995
• Last Flight: 02/11/2000

Kevin Richard Kregel is an American former astronaut, and former member of the Space Launch Initiative Project at the Lyndon ...

Charles E. Brady Jr.

• Birthday: 08/12/1951
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 06/20/1996
• Last Flight: 06/20/1996

Charles Eldon Brady Jr. was an American physician, a Captain in the United States Navy and a NASA astronaut. He spent 16 days...

Jean-Jacques Favier

• Birthday: 04/13/1949
• Role: Payload Specialist
• Nationality: France
• First Flight: 06/20/1996
• Last Flight: 06/20/1996

Jean-Jacques Favier (Born April 13, 1949) was a French engineer and CNES astronaut who flew aboard the STS-78 NASA Space Shut...

Robert Thirsk

• Birthday: 08/17/1953
• Role: Payload Specialist
• Nationality: Canada
• First Flight: 06/20/1996
• Last Flight: 05/27/2009

Robert Brent Thirsk, OC OBC (born August 17, 1953) is a Canadian engineer and physician, and a former Canadian Space Agency a...

Richard M. Linnehan

• Birthday: 09/19/1957
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 06/20/1996
• Last Flight: 03/11/2008

Richard Michael Linnehan is an American veterinarian and a former NASA astronaut.

Susan Helms

• Birthday: 02/26/1958
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 01/13/1993
• Last Flight: 03/08/2001

Susan Jane Helms is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut. Helms was a crew...

Mission

STS-78

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

STS-78 was the fifth dedicated Life and Microgravity Spacelab mission for the Space Shuttle program, flown partly in preparation for the International Space Station project. The mission used the Space Shuttle Columbia, which lifted off successfully from Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39-B on 20 June 1996.

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 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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