James Buchli
American - ( NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: June 20, 1945
Age: 75
James Frederick Buchli is a retired United States Marine aviator and former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-C
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 24, 1985, 1:04 p.m.
Status:
Mission: Government/Top Secret
STS-51-C was the fifteenth flight of the shuttle program and third for the Space Shuttle Discovery. It was the first space shuttle mission dedicated to the United States Department of Defense and therefore, the mission details remain classified.
Low Earth Orbit
Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-61-A
Lockheed Space Operations Company | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 30, 1985, 5 p.m.
Status:
Mission: Unknown
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 OrbitSpace Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-29
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 13, 1989, 2:57 p.m.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-48
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 12, 1991, 11:11 p.m.
Status:
Mission: Earth Science
STS-48 was the thirteenth mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery and its primary purpose was to launch the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite. The flight was also the first to test an electronic still camera in space, a modified Nikon F4.
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 2.1B
Gonets-M30, Gonets-M31, Gonets-M32
43/3 (43L) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationGonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with...
Soyuz STA
Falcon Eye 2
Soyuz Launch Complex - Kourou, French GuianaFalcon Eye 2 is a high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite for the United Arab Emirates. Built by Airbus Defense and Space with an optical imaging p...
H-IIA
JDRS-1
Yoshinobu Launch Complex - Tanegashima, JapanJDRS-1 is a Japanese Data Relay Satellite.
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink 15
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.
Long March 5
Chang'e 5
Wenchang - Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaChang'e 5 is China's robotic lunar sample return mission, which is set to bring back at least 2 kg of lunar soils and rock samples. The probe will ...
