STS-9

John Young

• Birthday: 09/24/1930
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 03/23/1965
• Last Flight: 11/28/1983

John Watts Young was an American astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. He became the n...

Brewster H. Shaw

• Birthday: 05/16/1945
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 11/28/1983
• Last Flight: 08/08/1989

Brewster Hopkinson Shaw Jr. is a former NASA astronaut, a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and former executive at Boeing. Shaw...

Byron K. Lichtenberg

• Birthday: 02/19/1948
• Role: Payload Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 11/28/1983
• Last Flight: 03/24/1992

Byron Kurt Lichtenberg, Sc. D. (born February 19, 1948) is an American engineer and fighter pilot who flew aboard two NASA Sp...

Owen K. Garriott

• Birthday: 11/22/1930
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 07/28/1973
• Last Flight: 11/28/1983

Owen Kay Garriott is an American electrical engineer and former NASA astronaut, who spent 60 days aboard the Skylab space sta...

Robert A. Parker

• Birthday: 12/14/1936
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 11/28/1983
• Last Flight: 12/02/1990

Robert Allan Ridley Parker is an American physicist and astronomer, former Director of the NASA Management Office at the Jet ...

Ulf Merbold

• Birthday: 06/20/1941
• Role: Payload Specialist
• Nationality: Germany
• First Flight: 11/28/1983
• Last Flight: 10/03/1994

Dr. Ulf Dietrich Merbold (born June 20, 1941) is the first West German citizen and second German native (after Sigmund Jähn)...

Mission

STS-9

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

STS-9 was the sixth mission of the Space Shuttle Columbia. It launched on a 10 day mission to perform science in space using the Spacelab module.

Location

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 208 rockets, including 207 orbital launch attempts. While Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 266 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.

Learn more about the Space Shuttle