Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-78
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-78
STS-78 was the fifth dedicated Life and Microgravity Spacelab mission for the Space Shuttle program, flown partly in preparation for the International Space Station project. The mission used the Space Shuttle Columbia, which lifted off successfully from Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39-B on 20 June 1996.
Space Shuttle Columbia
Serial OV-102
Launch Crew Count 7
Status Destroyed
Landing Time 1996-07-07T12:37:00+0000
Crew
Terence Henricks
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1952-07-05
Status Retired
Type Government
Kevin R. Kregel
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1956-09-16
Status Retired
Type Government
Charles E. Brady Jr.
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1951-08-12
Deceased 2006-07-23
Status Deceased
Type Government
Jean-Jacques Favier
Payload Specialist
Nationality French
Date Of Birth 1949-04-13
Deceased 2023-03-19
Status Deceased
Type Government
Richard M. Linnehan
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1957-09-19
Status Retired
Type Government
Robert Thirsk
Payload Specialist
Nationality Canadian
Date Of Birth 1953-08-17
Status Retired
Type Government
Susan Helms
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1958-02-26
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.
