STS-59

Sidney M. Gutierrez

• Birthday: 06/27/1951
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 06/05/1991
• Last Flight: 04/09/1994

Sidney McNeill Gutierrez is a former NASA astronaut.

Kevin P. Chilton

• Birthday: 11/03/1954
• Role: Pilot
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 05/07/1992
• Last Flight: 03/22/1996

Kevin Patrick "Chilli" Chilton is an American mechanical engineer, and former United States Air Force four-star Gen...

Michael R. Clifford

• Birthday: 10/13/1952
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 12/02/1992
• Last Flight: 03/22/1996

Michael Richard Uram "Rich" Clifford is a former United States Army officer and NASA astronaut. Clifford is conside...

Jerome Apt

• Birthday: 04/28/1949
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/05/1991
• Last Flight: 09/16/1996

Jerome "Jay" Apt III, Ph.D. (born April 28, 1949 in Massachusetts) is an American astronaut and professor at Carneg...

Linda M. Godwin

• Birthday: 07/02/1952
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/05/1991
• Last Flight: 12/05/2001

Linda Maxine Godwin Ph.D. is an American scientist and retired NASA astronaut. Godwin joined NASA in 1980 and became an astro...

Thomas David Jones

• Birthday: 01/22/1955
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 04/09/1994
• Last Flight: 02/07/2001

Thomas David Jones is a former United States astronaut. He was selected to the astronaut corps in 1990 and completed four spa...

Mission

STS-59

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

STS-59 Shuttle mission was a Space Shuttle program mission that took place in 1994. The launch was chronicled by the 1994 Discovery Channel special about the Space Shuttle Program.

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.

Learn more about the Space Shuttle