STS-9
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102
Rockwell International
Rocket Launch Video
Crew

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)...
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.