STS-90Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102United Space Alliance Launch Status Success Fri ยท Apr 17th, 1998 2:19 PM EDT Watch Online Crew Richard M. Linnehan Mission SpecialistStatus: Retired 9/19/1957 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 6/20/1996 Last Flight: 3/11/2008Richard Michael Linnehan is an American veterinarian and a former NASA astronaut. Richard A. Searfoss CommanderStatus: Deceased 6/5/1956 - 9/29/2018 Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 10/18/1993 Last Flight: 4/17/1998Richard Alan Searfoss was an American aviator who was United States Air Force colonel, NASA astronaut and test pilot. Scott Altman PilotStatus: Retired 8/15/1959 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 4/17/1998 Last Flight: 5/11/2009Scott 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 SpecialistStatus: Retired 5/16/1954 - Nationality: Canadian Type: Government First Flight: 4/17/1998 Last Flight: 8/8/2007Dafydd 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 SpecialistStatus: Retired 8/26/1959 - Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 4/17/1998 Last Flight: 2/8/2010Kathryn 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 SpecialistStatus: Retired 6/6/1956 - Nationality: American Type: Payload Specialist First Flight: 4/17/1998 Last Flight: 4/17/1998Jay 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 SpecialistStatus: Retired 9/20/1960 - Nationality: American Type: Payload Specialist First Flight: 4/17/1998 Last Flight: 4/17/1998James 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. MissionSTS-90 LocationLaunch Complex 39BKennedy Space Center, FL, USA185 rockets have launched from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. RocketSpace Shuttle Columbia OV-102Length: 38.1 meters Diameter: 8.4 meters First Launch: April 12, 1981Space 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. AgencyUnited Space AllianceType: Commercial Abbreviation: USAFounded: 1995 Launchers: Space ShuttleCountry: USAUnited 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