STS-70

Terence Henricks

• Birthday: 07/05/1952
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 11/24/1991
• Last Flight: 06/20/1996

Terence Thomas "Tom" Henricks is a retired colonel in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut. Sele...

Kevin R. Kregel

• Birthday: 09/16/1956
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 07/13/1995
• Last Flight: 02/11/2000

Kevin Richard Kregel is an American former astronaut, and former member of the Space Launch Initiative Project at the Lyndon ...

Mary Ellen Weber

• Birthday: 01/01/1962
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 07/13/1995
• Last Flight: 05/19/2000

Mary Ellen Weber is an American executive, scientist, aviator, speaker, and a former NASA astronaut.

Donald A. Thomas

• Birthday: 05/06/1955
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 07/08/1994
• Last Flight: 07/01/1997

Donald Alan Thomas, Ph.D. is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut.

Nancy J. Currie-Gregg

• Birthday: 12/29/1958
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 06/21/1993
• Last Flight: 03/01/2002

Nancy Jane Currie-Gregg is an engineer, United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut. Currie-Gregg has served in the Unite...

Mission

STS-70

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

STS-70 was the 21st flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery, and the last of 7 shuttle missions to carry a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). This was the first shuttle mission controlled from the new mission control center room at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. STS-70 was also the first flight of the new Block 1 orbiter main engine, designed to improve both engine performance and safety.

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 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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