STS-114Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 United Space Alliance Launch Status Success Tue · Jul 26th, 2005 10:39 AM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yHHXdOStmI Crew Wendy B. Lawrence Mission Specialist Status: Retired 7/2/1959 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Wendy Barrien Lawrence is a retired United States Navy Captain, former helicopter pilot, an engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. She was the first female graduate of the United States Naval Academy to fly into space and she has also visited the Russian Space Station Mir. She was a mission specialist on STS-114, the first Space Shuttle flight after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Andy Thomas Mission Specialist Status: Retired 12/18/1951 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Andrew "Andy" Sydney Withiel Thomas, AO is an Australian-born American aerospace engineer and a NASA astronaut. He became a U.S. citizen in December 1986, hoping to gain entry to NASA's astronaut program. He is married to fellow NASA astronaut Shannon Walker. Stephen Robinson Mission Specialist Status: Retired 10/26/1955 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Stephen Kern Robinson is a former NASA astronaut. Eileen Collins Commander Status: Retired 11/19/1956 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Eileen Marie Collins is a retired NASA astronaut and a retired United States Air Force colonel. A former military instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first female pilot and first female commander of a Space Shuttle. She was awarded several medals for her work. Colonel Collins has logged 38 days 8 hours and 20 minutes in outer space. Collins retired on May 1, 2006, to pursue private interests, including service as a board member of USAA. James M. Kelly Pilot Status: Active 5/14/1964 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration James McNeal "Vegas" Kelly is a NASA Astronaut and a retired Colonel of the United States Air Force. He twice served as pilot on Space Shuttle missions. Soichi Noguchi Mission Specialist Status: Active 4/15/1965 - Nationality: Japanese Type: Government Agency: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Soichi Noguchi (野口 聡一 Noguchi Sōichi, born 15 April 1965 in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and JAXA astronaut. His first spaceflight was as a Mission Specialist aboard STS-114 on 26 July 2005 for NASA's first "return to flight" Space Shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster. He was most recently in space as part of the Soyuz TMA-17 crew and Expedition 22 to the International Space Station (ISS), returning to Earth on 2 June 2010. He is the fifth Japanese astronaut to fly in space and the fourth to fly on the space shuttle. Charles Camarda Mission Specialist Status: Retired 5/8/1952 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Charles Joseph "Charlie" Camarda is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut who flew his first mission into space on board the Space Shuttle mission STS-114. He served as Senior Advisor for Engineering Development at NASA Langley Research Center. Mission STS-114 Type: Human Exploration STS-114 was the first "Return to Flight" Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Discovery launched at 10:39 EDT (14:39 UTC), 26 July 2005. The launch, 907 days (approx. 29 months) after the loss of Columbia, was approved despite unresolved fuel sensor anomalies in the external tank that had prevented the shuttle from launching on 13 July, its originally scheduled date. Location Launch Complex 39B Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA 182 launches have been at this location. Rocket Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103 Length: 38.1 meters Diameter: 8.4 meters First Launched: August 30, 1984 Space Shuttle Discovery is one of the orbiters from NASA’s Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date. The Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103 rocket has been launched a total of 38 times with 38 successful and 0 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