STS-118
Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105
United Space Alliance
Rocket Launch Video
Crew

Scott Kelly
- Birthday: 02/21/1964
- Role: Commander
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 12/20/1999
- Last Flight: 03/27/2015
Scott Joseph Kelly is an engineer, retired American astronaut, and a retired U.S. Navy Captain. A veteran of four space fligh...

Charles "Scorch" Hobaugh
- Birthday: 11/05/1961
- Role: Pilot
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 07/12/2001
- Last Flight: 11/16/2009
Charles Owen "Scorch" Hobaugh is a former NASA astronaut and a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer. He has had three ...

Barbara Morgan
- Birthday: 11/28/1951
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 08/08/2007
- Last Flight: 08/08/2007
Barbara Radding Morgan is an American teacher and a former NASA astronaut. She participated in the Teacher in Space program a...

Alvin Drew
- Birthday: 11/05/1962
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 08/08/2007
- Last Flight: 02/24/2011
Colonel Benjamin Alvin Drew is a United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. He has been on two spaceflights; the f...

Dafydd Williams
- Birthday: 05/16/1954
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: Canada
- First Flight: 04/17/1998
- Last Flight: 08/08/2007
Dafydd Rhys "Dave" Williams OC (born May 16, 1954) is a Canadian physician, public speaker and a retired CSA astron...

Tracy Caldwell Dyson
- Birthday: 08/14/1969
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 08/08/2007
- Last Flight: 03/23/2024
Tracy Caldwell Dyson is an American chemist and NASA astronaut. Caldwell Dyson was a Mission Specialist on Space Shuttle Ende...

Richard Mastracchio
- Birthday: 02/11/1960
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 09/08/2000
- Last Flight: 11/07/2013
Richard Alan "Rick" Mastracchio is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. He has flown on three NASA Space...
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.