Albert Sacco
American - ( NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: May 3, 1949
Age: 70
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
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 20, 1995, 1:53 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Unknown
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 Orbit
The 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.
Long March 11
- Success
Long March 4
- Success
Kuaizhou
KX-09 & TY-1-07 (Xiaoxiang-1-07) - Success
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Rokot / Briz-KM
Geo-IK-2 N13L (Kosmos 2540) - Success
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Delta IV M+(4,2)
GPS III SV02 "Magellan" - Success
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