STS-54

John Casper

• Birthday: 07/09/1943
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: American
• First Flight: 02/28/1990
• Last Flight: 05/19/1996

John Howard Casper is an American astronaut and United States Air Force pilot.

Donald R. McMonagle

• Birthday: 05/14/1952
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: American
• First Flight: 04/28/1991
• Last Flight: 11/03/1994

Donald Ray McMonagle is a former astronaut and a veteran of three shuttle flights. He became the Manager, Launch Integration, at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 15, 1997. In this capacity he was responsible for final shuttle preparation, launch execution, and return of the orbiter to KSC following landings at any other location. He was chair of the Mission Management Team, and was the final authority for launch decision.

Mario Runco Jr.

• Birthday: 01/26/1952
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: American
• First Flight: 11/24/1991
• Last Flight: 05/19/1996

Mario Runco Jr. is a former United States Navy officer and NASA astronaut. He is an Earth and planetary physicist.

Gregory Harbaugh

• Birthday: 04/15/1956
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: American
• First Flight: 04/28/1991
• Last Flight: 02/11/1997

Gregory Jordan Harbaugh is a former NASA astronaut that spent 34 days in space through four Space Shuttle missions including the first . docking missions with the Russian Space Station Mir and the second Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.

Susan Helms

• Birthday: 02/26/1958
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: American
• First Flight: 01/13/1993
• Last Flight: 03/08/2001

Susan Jane Helms is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut. Helms was a crew member on five Space Shuttle missions and was a resident of the International Space Station (ISS) for over five months in 2001. While participating in ISS Expedition 2, she and Jim Voss conducted an 8-hour and 56 minute spacewalk, the world record.

STS-54

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

STS-54 was a Space Transportation System (NASA Space Shuttle) mission using orbiter Endeavour. This was the third flight for Endeavour and was launched on 13 January 1993.

Launch Complex 39B

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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 232 rocket launches.

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.