Guy Gardner
American - ( NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: Jan. 6, 1948
Age: 72
Guy Spence Gardner is a United States Air Force officer and a former astronaut. He holds the rank of Colonel. He flew as pilot on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-27 and STS-35. Gardner was also the 12th president of the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades.
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-27
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Dec. 2, 1988, 2:30 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Government/Top Secret
STS-27 was the twenty-seventh and the third for Atlantis. It carried a classified payload for the Department of Defence. The heat shielding was substantially damaged during lift-off, impacting the right wing. The crew narrowly survived re-entry with a steal bar taking the brunt of the heat before beginning to burn through the aluminum structure.
Low Earth Orbit
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-35
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Dec. 2, 1990, 6:49 a.m.
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.
Electron
In Focus
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand"In Focus" is a rideshare mission carrying 10 Earth observation satellites for Planet and Canon Electronics.
Long March 2
Yaogan-30-07
Launch Complex 3 ( LC-3 ) ( LA-1 ) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaThe Yaogan 30-01-01 to 30-01-03 (Remote Sensing Satellite-30-01-01 to 30-01-03) satellites, were launched by CZ-2C rocket from China's Xichang spac...
Soyuz 2.1B
Glonass-K1
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationGlonass-K are the third generation of satellite design for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system ...
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 14
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAA batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 13
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAA batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
