Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102 | STS-93
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-93
STS-93 marked the 95th launch of the Space Shuttle, the 26th launch of Columbia, and the 21st night launch of a Space Shuttle. Eileen Collins became the first female shuttle Commander on this flight. Its primary payload was the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Space Shuttle Columbia
Serial OV-102
Launch Crew Count 5
Status Destroyed
Landing Time 1999-07-28T03:20:00+0000
Crew
Eileen Collins
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1956-11-19
Status Retired
Type Government
Jeffrey Ashby
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1954-06-16
Status Retired
Type Government
Catherine Coleman
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1960-12-14
Status Retired
Type Government
Michel Tognini
Mission Specialist
Nationality French
Date Of Birth 1949-09-30
Status Retired
Type Government
Steven Hawley
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1951-12-12
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.
