Guy Gardner
American - ( NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: Jan. 6, 1948
Age: 71
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.
Kuaizhou
Kuaizhou
Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaKuaizhou
Jilin-1-02B
Unknown Pad - Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaJilin-1 is a series of Chinese commercial remote sensing satellites.
Soyuz 2.1A
Progress MS-13 (74P)
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanThe Progress resupply vehicle is an automated, unpiloted version of the Soyuz spacecraft that is used to bring supplies and fuel to the Internation...
Electron
Running Out Of Fingers
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandThis is the Rocket Lab's 10th flight. It carries several small satellites for international commercial customers. This is also the first flight to ...
Falcon 9 Block 5
SpX CRS-19
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USASpaceX will launch the Dragon spacecraft on their 19th operational cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. The flight is being c...
