STS-83

James Halsell

• Birthday: 09/29/1956
• Role: Commander
• 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...

Susan Kilrain

• Birthday: 10/24/1961
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/04/1997
• Last Flight: 07/01/1997

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

Gregory T. Linteris

• Birthday: 10/04/1957
• Role: Payload Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/04/1997
• Last Flight: 07/01/1997

Gregory Thomas Linteris, Ph.D. (born October 4, 1957 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American scientist who flew as a payload...

Roger K. Crouch

• Birthday: 09/12/1940
• Role: Payload Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/04/1997
• Last Flight: 07/01/1997

Roger Keith Crouch (born September 12, 1940) is an American scientist and astronaut who flew as a payload specialist on two N...

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.

Michael L. Gernhardt

• Birthday: 05/04/1956
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 09/07/1995
• Last Flight: 07/12/2001

Michael Landon Gernhardt is a NASA astronaut and manager of Environmental Physiology Laboratory and principal investigator of...

Janice E. Voss

• Birthday: 10/08/1956
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 06/21/1993
• Last Flight: 02/11/2000

Janice Elaine Voss was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew in space five times, jointly holding the record fo...

Mission

STS-83

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

STS-83 was a mission of the United States Space Shuttle Columbia.

Location

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 199 rockets, including 198 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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Agency

United Space Alliance

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.