STS-99

Kevin R. Kregel

• Birthday: 09/16/1956
• Role: Commander
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 07/13/1995
• Last Flight: 02/11/2000

Kevin Richard Kregel is an American former astronaut, and former member of the Space Launch Initiative Project at the Lyndon ...

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...

Gerhard Thiele

• Birthday: 09/02/1953
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: Germany
• First Flight: 02/11/2000
• Last Flight: 02/11/2000

Dr. Gerhard Paul Julius Thiele (born September 2, 1953) is a German physicist and a former ESA astronaut.
In 1996, he...

Mamoru Mohri

• Birthday: 01/29/1948
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: Japan
• First Flight: 09/12/1992
• Last Flight: 02/11/2000

Mamoru “Mark” Mohri (毛利 衛 Mōri Mamoru, born 29 January 1948), AM is a Japanese scientist, a former NASDA astronaut...

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...

Janice E. Voss

• Birthday: 10/08/1956
• Role: Mission Specialist
• Nationality: United States of America
• First Flight: 06/21/1993
• Last Flight: 02/11/2000

Janice Elaine Voss was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut. She flew in space five times, jointly holding the record fo...

Mission

STS-99

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

STS-99 was a Space Shuttle mission using Endeavour, that launched on 11 February 2000 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The primary objective of the mission was the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) project. This was also the last solo flight of Endeavour; all future flights for Endeavour became devoted 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 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.

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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.