STS-91
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103
Lockheed Space Operations Company
Rocket Launch Video
Crew

Charles J. Precourt
- Birthday: 06/29/1955
- Role: Commander
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 04/26/1993
- Last Flight: 06/02/1998
Charles Joseph Precourt is a retired NASA astronaut. His career in flight began at an early age, and spans his entire lifetim...

Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie
- Birthday: 05/02/1957
- Role: Pilot
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 06/02/1998
- Last Flight: 03/11/2008
Dominic Lee Pudwill Gorie is a retired United States Navy officer and NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of four space shuttle m...

Janet L. Kavandi
- Birthday: 07/17/1959
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 06/02/1998
- Last Flight: 07/12/2001
Janet Lynn Kavandi, a native of Carthage, Missouri is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut. She is a veteran of three S...

Valery Ryumin
- Birthday: 08/16/1939
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: Russia
- First Flight: 10/09/1977
- Last Flight: 06/02/1998
Valery Victorovich Ryumin (born August 16, 1939 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur) is a former Soviet cosmonaut.
In 1973, he join...

Wendy B. Lawrence
- Birthday: 07/02/1959
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 03/02/1995
- Last Flight: 07/26/2005
Wendy Barrien Lawrence is a retired United States Navy Captain, former helicopter pilot, an engineer, and a former NASA astro...

Franklin Chang Díaz
- Birthday: 04/05/1950
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 01/12/1986
- Last Flight: 06/05/2002
Franklin Ramón Chang Díaz is a Costa Rican Chinese American mechanical engineer, physicist, former NASA astronaut. He is th...
Location
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 208 rockets, including 207 orbital launch attempts. While Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 266 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.