Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-32

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.

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Space Shuttle Columbia


Serial OV-102

Launch Crew Count 5

Status Destroyed

Landing Time 1990-01-20T09:35:00+0000


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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


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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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