Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-32
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-32
STS-32 was the thirty-third mission of the shuttle program and ninth of Columbia. It was the first use of Launch Pad 39A and also marked the first use of the Mobile Launcher Platform No. 3 (MLP-3) in the shuttle program. This was the longest flight of the shuttle program lasting nearly 11 days. Its primary missions were to deploy a defence 10 satellite and retrieved NASAs Long Duration Exposure Facility.
Space Shuttle Columbia
Serial OV-102
Launch Crew Count 5
Status Destroyed
Landing Time 1990-01-20T09:35:00+0000
Crew
Daniel Brandenstein
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1943-01-17
Status Retired
Type Government
Jim Wetherbee
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1952-11-27
Status Retired
Type Government
Bonnie J. Dunbar
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1949-03-03
Status Retired
Type Government
G. David Low
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1956-02-19
Deceased 2008-03-15
Status Deceased
Type Government
Marsha Ivins
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1951-04-15
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.
