STS-134
Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105
United Space Alliance
Rocket Launch Video
Crew
Mark Kelly
- Birthday: 02/21/1964
- Role: Commander
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 12/05/2001
- Last Flight: 05/16/2011
Mark Edward Kelly is a retired American astronaut, engineer, and retired U.S. Navy Captain. He is the husband of former Congr...
Gregory H. Johnson
- Birthday: 05/12/1962
- Role: Pilot
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 03/11/2008
- Last Flight: 05/16/2011
Gregory Harold "Box" Johnson is a retired NASA astronaut and a retired colonel in the United States Air Force. John...
Gregory Chamitoff
- Birthday: 08/06/1962
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 05/31/2008
- Last Flight: 05/16/2011
Gregory Errol Chamitoff is an engineer and NASA astronaut. He was assigned to Expedition 17 and flew to the International Spa...
Andrew J. Feustel
- Birthday: 08/25/1965
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 05/11/2009
- Last Flight: 03/21/2018
Andrew Jay "Drew" Feustel is a geophysicist and a NASA astronaut. Following several years working as a geophysicist...
Edward Michael Fincke
- Birthday: 03/14/1967
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: United States of America
- First Flight: 04/19/2004
- Last Flight: 05/16/2011
Edward Michael "Mike"/"Spanky" Fincke is an American astronaut who formerly held the American record for ...
Roberto Vittori
- Birthday: 10/15/1964
- Role: Mission Specialist
- Nationality: Italy
- First Flight: 04/25/2002
- Last Flight: 05/16/2011
Roberto Vittori (born 15 October 1964 in Viterbo) is an Italian air force officer and an ESA astronaut. After graduating from...
Mission
STS-134
- Type: Human Exploration
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
- Launch Cost: $450,000,000
ISS assembly flight ULF6. This flight delivered the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space 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.
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.
