Henry 'Hank' Hartsfield
American - (NASA)
Deceased
Date of Birth: Nov. 21, 1933
Date of Death: July 14, 2014
Henry Warren "Hank" Hartsfield Jr. was a United States Air Force officer and a USAF and NASA astronaut who logged over 480 hours in space. Hartsfield became a NASA astronaut in September 1969. Hartsfield was the pilot on STS-4, the fourth and final orbital test flight of the shuttle Columbia.
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-4
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
June 27, 1982, 3 p.m.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-41-D
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 30, 1984, 12:41 p.m.
Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-61-A
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 30, 1985, 5 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
STS-61-A was the twenty-second space shuttle flight and ninth for Space Shuttle Challenger. It was a scientific spacelab mission funded entirely by West Germany. The payload operations were controlled from the German Space Operations Center as opposed to the regular NASA centers.
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
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Shenzhou 20
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Bandwagon 3 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
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NROL-145
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