Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-62
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-62
STS-62 was a Space Shuttle program mission flown aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. The primary payloads were the USMP-02 microgravity experiments package and the OAST-2 engineering and technology payload, both in the orbiter's cargo bay. The two-week mission also featured a number of biomedical experiments focusing on the effects of long duration spaceflight.
Space Shuttle Columbia
Serial OV-102
Launch Crew Count 5
Status Destroyed
Landing Time 1994-03-18T13:10:00+0000
Crew
John Casper
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1943-07-09
Status Retired
Type Government
Andrew M. Allen
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1955-08-04
Status Retired
Type Government
Charles D. Gemar
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1955-08-04
Status Retired
Type Government
Marsha Ivins
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1951-04-15
Status Retired
Type Government
Pierre J. Thuot
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1955-05-19
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.
