STS-83Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 United Space Alliance Launch Status Success Fri ยท Apr 4th, 1997 2:20 PM EST Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqBz65-SnQc Crew Janice E. Voss Mission Specialist Status: Deceased 10/8/1956 - 2/6/2012 Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 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 Mission Specialist Status: Retired 5/6/1955 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Donald Alan Thomas, Ph.D. is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut. Michael L. Gernhardt Mission Specialist Status: Active 5/4/1956 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 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 Commander Status: Retired 9/29/1956 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 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 Pilot Status: Retired 10/24/1961 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Susan Kilrain is an engineer, a former United States Navy officer, and a former NASA astronaut. Roger K. Crouch Payload Specialist Status: Retired 9/12/1940 - Nationality: American Type: Payload Specialist Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 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 Payload Specialist Status: Retired 10/4/1957 - Nationality: American Type: Payload Specialist Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 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. Mission STS-83 Location Launch Complex 39A 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 United Space Alliance Type: Commercial Abbreviation: USA Administration: Founded: 1995 Launchers: Space Shuttle Spacecraft: 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. View Rocket Launch Schedule