Albert Sacco
American - (NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: May 3, 1949
Age: 75
Albert Sacco Jr. (born May 3, 1949) is an American chemical engineer who flew as a Payload Specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia on shuttle mission STS-73 in 1995.
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-73
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 20, 1995, 1:53 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
STS-73 was a Space Shuttle program mission, during October–November 1995, on board the space shuttle Columbia. The mission was the second mission for the United States Microgravity Laboratory. The crew, who spent 16 days in space, were broken up into 2 teams, the red team and the blue team. The mission also included several Detailed Test Objectives or DTO's.
Low Earth OrbitThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Falcon 9
SPHEREx & PUNCH
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USASPHEREx is a planned two-year astrophysics mission to survey the sky in the near-infrared light, which, though not visible to the human eye, serves a…
Long March 8
G60 Polar Group 05
Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technolo…
Long March 3
TJSW-15
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaChinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.
Starship
Flight 8
Orbital Launch Mount A - SpaceX Starbase, TX, USAEighth test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
Ariane 62
CSO-3
Ariane Launch Area 4 - Guiana Space Centre, French GuianaThe CSO-3 (Composante Spatiale Optique-3 satellite is the third of three new-generation high-resolution optical imaging satellites for the French mil…
