STS-90Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 United Space Alliance Launch Status Success Fri ยท Apr 17th, 1998 2:19 PM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_ul2EBB8qQ Crew Richard M. Linnehan Mission Specialist Status: Retired 9/19/1957 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Richard Michael Linnehan is an American veterinarian and a former NASA astronaut. Richard A. Searfoss Commander Status: Deceased 6/5/1956 - 9/29/2018 Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Richard Alan Searfoss was an American aviator who was United States Air Force colonel, NASA astronaut and test pilot. Scott Altman Pilot Status: Retired 8/15/1959 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Scott Douglas "Scooter" Altman is a retired United States Navy Captain, engineer, test pilot and former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four Space Shuttle missions. His fourth mission on STS-125 was the last servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. Dafydd Williams Mission Specialist Status: Retired 5/16/1954 - Nationality: Canadian Type: Government Agency: Canadian Space Agency Dafydd Rhys "Dave" Williams OC (born May 16, 1954) is a Canadian physician, public speaker and a retired CSA astronaut. Williams was a mission specialist on two space shuttle missions. His first spaceflight, STS-90 in 1998, was a 16-day mission aboard Space Shuttle Columbia dedicated to neuroscience research. His second flight, STS-118 in August 2007, was flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station. During that mission he performed three spacewalks, becoming the third Canadian to perform a spacewalk and setting a Canadian record for total number of spacewalks. These spacewalks combined for a total duration of 17 hours and 47 minutes. Kathryn P. Hire Mission Specialist Status: Retired 8/26/1959 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Kathryn Patricia "Kay" Hire is a NASA astronaut and Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve who has flown aboard two Space Shuttle missions. Jay C. Buckey Payload Specialist Status: Retired 6/6/1956 - Nationality: American Type: Payload Specialist Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jay Clark Buckey, Jr. (born June 6, 1956, in New York City) is an American physician and astronaut who flew aboard one space shuttle mission (STS-90) as a Payload Specialist. James A. Pawelczyk Payload Specialist Status: Retired 9/20/1960 - Nationality: American Type: Payload Specialist Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration James Anthony "Jim" Pawelczyk (born September 20, 1960) is an American researcher of physiology and Kinesiology who flew aboard the NASA STS-90 Space Shuttle mission as a Payload Specialist. Mission STS-90 Location Launch Complex 39B 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