STS-90

Richard A. Searfoss

• Birthday: 06/05/1956
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 10/18/1993
• Last Flight: 04/17/1998

Richard Alan Searfoss was an American aviator who was United States Air Force colonel, NASA astronaut and test pilot.

Scott Altman

• Birthday: 08/15/1959
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/17/1998
• Last Flight: 05/11/2009

Scott Douglas "Scooter" Altman is a retired United States Navy Captain, engineer, test pilot and former NASA astron...

James A. Pawelczyk

• Birthday: 09/20/1960
• Role: Payload Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/17/1998
• Last Flight: 04/17/1998

James Anthony "Jim" Pawelczyk (born September 20, 1960) is an American researcher of physiology and Kinesiology who...

Jay C. Buckey

• Birthday: 06/06/1956
• Role: Payload Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/17/1998
• Last Flight: 04/17/1998

Jay Clark Buckey, Jr. (born June 6, 1956, in New York City) is an American physician and astronaut who flew aboard one space ...

Dafydd Williams

• Birthday: 05/16/1954
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: Canada
• First Flight: 04/17/1998
• Last Flight: 08/08/2007

Dafydd Rhys "Dave" Williams OC (born May 16, 1954) is a Canadian physician, public speaker and a retired CSA astron...

Kathryn P. Hire

• Birthday: 08/26/1959
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/17/1998
• Last Flight: 02/08/2010

Kathryn Patricia "Kay" Hire is a NASA astronaut and Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve who has flown aboard two Space...

Richard M. Linnehan

• Birthday: 09/19/1957
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 06/20/1996
• Last Flight: 03/11/2008

Richard Michael Linnehan is an American veterinarian and a former NASA astronaut.

Mission

STS-90

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

STS-90 was a 1998 Space Shuttle mission flown by the Space Shuttle Columbia. The 16-day mission marked the last flight of the European Space Agency's Spacelab laboratory module, which had first flown on Columbia on STS-9, and was also the last daytime landing for Columbia.

Location

Launch Complex 39B

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Launch Complex 39B has witnessed the launch of 58 rockets, including 57 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.

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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.