STS-119

Lee Archambault

• Birthday: 08/25/1960
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 06/08/2007
• Last Flight: 03/15/2009

Lee Joseph "Bru" Archambault is an American test pilot and former NASA astronaut. He has logged over 4,250 flight h...

Dominic A. Antonelli

• Birthday: 08/23/1967
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 03/15/2009
• Last Flight: 05/14/2010

Dominic Anthony "Tony" Antonelli is a retired NASA astronaut.

Richard R. Arnold

• Birthday: 11/26/1963
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 03/15/2009
• Last Flight: 03/21/2018

Richard Robert "Ricky" Arnold II is an American educator and a NASA astronaut. He flew on Space Shuttle mission STS...

John L. Phillips

• Birthday: 04/15/1951
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/19/2001
• Last Flight: 03/15/2009

John Lynch Phillips is a NASA astronaut. Phillips is also a Naval Aviator and retired captain, United States Navy Reserve. Ph...

Joseph M. Acaba

• Birthday: 05/17/1967
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 03/15/2009
• Last Flight: 09/12/2017

Joseph Michael "Joe" Acaba is an American educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut. In May 2004 he became the f...

Steven Swanson

• Birthday: 12/03/1960
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 06/08/2007
• Last Flight: 03/25/2014

Steven Ray Swanson is an American Engineer and a retired NASA astronaut. He is married and has three children. He has receive...

Koichi Wakata

• Birthday: 08/01/1963
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: Japan
• First Flight: 01/11/1996
• Last Flight: 10/05/2022

Koichi Wakata (若田 光一 Wakata Kōichi, born 1 August 1963) is a Japanese engineer and a JAXA astronaut. Wakata is a vet...

Mission

STS-119

• Type: Human Exploration
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
• Launch Cost: $450,000,000

STS-119 (ISS assembly flight 15A) was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle Discovery during March 2009. It delivered and assembled the fourth starboard Integrated Truss Segment (S6), and the fourth set of solar arrays and batteries to the station.

Location

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 199 rockets, including 198 orbital launch attempts. While Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 257 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.