Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-109
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-109
STS-109 (SM3B) was a Space Shuttle mission that launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 1 March 2002. It was the 108th mission of the Space Shuttle program, the 27th flight of the orbiter Columbia and the fourth servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope. It was also the last successful mission of the orbiter Columbia before the ill-fated STS-107 mission, which culminated in the Columbia disaster.
Space Shuttle Columbia
Serial OV-102
Launch Crew Count 7
Status Destroyed
Landing Time 2002-03-12T09:33:00+0000
Crew
Scott Altman
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1959-08-15
Status Retired
Type Government
Duane G. Carey
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1957-04-30
Status Retired
Type Government
James H. Newman
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1956-10-16
Status Retired
Type Government
John M. Grunsfeld
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1958-10-10
Status Retired
Type Government
Mike Massimino
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1962-08-19
Status Retired
Type Government
Nancy J. Currie-Gregg
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1958-12-29
Status Retired
Type Government
Richard M. Linnehan
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1957-09-19
Status Retired
Type Government
Space Shuttle
Height 56.10 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 28200 kN
Diameter 8.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 27500 kg
Liftoff Mass 2030 Tonnes
Launch Success 133
Consecutive Success 22
Maiden Flight 1981-04-12
Launch Failures 2
Programs
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
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