Bruce E. Melnick
American - ( NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: Dec. 5, 1949
Age: 73
Bruce Edward Melnick is a former American astronaut and retired United States Coast Guard officer. Following retirement from NASA and the Coast Guard, he entered the aerospace industry. He served as a Vice President with the Boeing Co.'s Integrated Defense Systems group, in charge of Boeing's Florida operations at the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Melnick retired in 2008 and currently resides on Merritt Island, Florida.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-41
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 6, 1990, 11:47 a.m.
Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-49
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
May 7, 1992, 11:40 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
STS-49 was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The primary goal of its nine-day mission was to retrieve an Intelsat VI satellite (Intelsat 603, which failed to leave low earth orbit two years before), attach it to a new upper stage, and relaunch it to its intended geosynchronous orbit. After several attempts, the capture was completed with a three-person extra-vehicular activity (EVA).
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.
Soyuz 2.1a
Soyuz MS-24
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanSoyuz MS-24 carried two cosmonauts and one astronaut to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in K…
Firefly Alpha
FLTA003 (VICTUS NOX)
Space Launch Complex 2W - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAThird flight of the Firefly Alpha small sat launcher, carrying a payload for the US Department of Defense.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 7-2
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Atlas V 551
NROL-107 (Silent Barker)
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAClassified space situational awareness (SSA) payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
Long March 6A
Yaogan 40
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China3 Chinese reconnaissance satellites of unknown purposes, officially reported as for "Electromagnetic environment probing" purposes.
