Space shuttle discovery crew members. Nasa and its international partners have named new crew members for upcoming missions to the international space station iss. S t s 128 mission crew members from left are mission specialist. They did not have specific crew roles but are listed in the payload specialist columns for reasons of space.
28 1986 the challenger and its seven member crew were lost 73. He was replaced by stephen bowen. During the 13 day mission stott will.
About a month before lift off one of the original crew members tim kopra was injured in a bicycle accident. The space shuttle columbia disaster was a fatal incident in the united states space program that occurred on february 1 2003 when the space shuttle columbia ov 102 disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere killing all seven crew membersthe disaster was the second fatal accident in the space shuttle program after the 1986 breakup of challenger soon after liftoff. Transfer to the.
Space shuttle discoverys. Time spent in space. Space shuttle discovery as it approaches the international space station during sts 114 on july 28 2005.
The program was then suspended until space shuttle discovery returned to flight on july 28 2005. Iss launched to be part of the crew of the international space station. 148221675 mi 238539663 km satellites deployed.
Fugelsang commander rick sturckow and mission specialist. Space shuttle discovery at the steven f. Names of astronauts returning from the mir or iss on the space shuttle are shown in italics.
Space shuttle discovery orbiter vehicle designation. The crew joined the long duration six person crew of expedition 26 who were already aboard the space station. The challenger ov 99 was the second orbiter to become operational at kennedy space center in florida.
Space shuttle discoverys sts 133 crew arrives at nasas kennedy space center on feb. This was the shuttles return to flight mission after the columbia disaster the shuttle program operated accident free for seventeen years after the challenger disaster until columbia broke up on reentry killing all seven crew members on february 1 2003. Discovery rollout ceremony in october 1983.
Sts 61 a in 1985 is the only flight to have launched. The tulsa air and space museum has announced that it will be taking possession of the full size space shuttle crew compartment trainer 2 cct 2 currently in the space vehicle mockup facility at. Mir launched to be part of the crew of the mir space station.
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