STS-83

Crew

Janice E. Voss

Status: Deceased
10/8/1956 - 2/6/2012
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 6/21/1993
Last Flight: 2/11/2000

Janice Elaine Voss was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew in space five times, jointly holding the record for American women. Voss died on February 6, 2012, from breast cancer.

Donald A. Thomas

Status: Retired
5/6/1955 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 7/8/1994
Last Flight: 7/1/1997

Donald Alan Thomas, Ph.D. is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut.

Michael L. Gernhardt

Status: Active
5/4/1956 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 9/7/1995
Last Flight: 7/12/2001

Michael Landon Gernhardt is a NASA astronaut and manager of Environmental Physiology Laboratory and principal investigator of the Prebreathe Reduction Program (PRP) at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.

James Halsell

Status: Retired
9/29/1956 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 7/8/1994
Last Flight: 5/19/2000

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 five flights totalling over 1,250 hours in space, pilot of two STS missions and commander of three. He also served as a manager for Shuttle Launch Integration and Space Shuttle Program manager. After the Columbia accident he led the NASA Return to Flight Planning team.

Susan Kilrain

Status: Retired
10/24/1961 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 4/4/1997
Last Flight: 7/1/1997

Susan Kilrain is an engineer, a former United States Navy officer, and a former NASA astronaut.

Roger K. Crouch

Status: Retired
9/12/1940 -
Nationality: American
Type: Payload Specialist
First Flight: 4/4/1997
Last Flight: 7/1/1997

Roger Keith Crouch (born September 12, 1940) is an American scientist and astronaut who flew as a payload specialist on two NASA Space Shuttle missions in 1997.

Gregory T. Linteris

Status: Retired
10/4/1957 -
Nationality: American
Type: Payload Specialist
First Flight: 4/4/1997
Last Flight: 7/1/1997

Gregory Thomas Linteris, Ph.D. (born October 4, 1957 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American scientist who flew as a payload specialist on two NASA Space Shuttle missions in 1997.

Rocket

Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102 – United Space Alliance

• Family: Space Shuttle
• Length: 38.1 m
• Diameter: 8.4 m
• Launch Mass: 2040 T
• Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 24400 kg

The Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102 was manufactured by United Space Alliance with the first launch on 1981-04-12. Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102 has 29 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 30 launches. 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.

Agency

United Space Alliance – USA

• Type: Commercial
• Abbreviation: USA
• Founded: 1995
• Launchers: Space Shuttle
• Country: USA

United Space Alliance (USA) is a spaceflight operations company. USA is a joint venture which was established in August 1995 as a Limited Liability Company (LLC), equally owned by Boeing and Lockheed Martin.