Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-78

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.

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Space Shuttle Columbia


Serial OV-102

Launch Crew Count 7

Status Destroyed

Landing Time 1996-07-07T12:37:00+0000


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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


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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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