James C. Adamson

American - ( NASA)

Retired

Date of Birth: March 3, 1946
Age: 74

James Craig Adamson is a former NASA astronaut and retired Colonel of the United States Army. He is married with 3 children. James Adamson flew on two missions, STS-28 and STS-43, and completed 263 orbits and 334 hours in space. After retiring from NASA, he was recruited by Allied Signal (later merged with Honeywell) where he retired in 2001. Adamson has logged over 3,000 hours in over 30 different types of helicopters and airplanes.

Spaceflight Record

James C. Adamson flew on two previous launch(es).

Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-28

United Space Alliance | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 8, 1989, 12:37 p.m.

Status:

Mission: Government/Top Secret

STS-28 was the thirtieth space shuttle mission, the fourth dedicated to the Department of Defence and the eigth of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

Low Earth Orbit

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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-43

United Space Alliance | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 2, 1991, 3:01 p.m.

Status:

Mission: Communications

STS-43 was the ninth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The nine day mission had a primary goal of launching the fifth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-E.

Low Earth Orbit

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Administrator: Jim Bridenstine

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.

Recent Launches

Soyuz 2.1B

Launch Successful

2 days, 7 hours ago

Gonets-M30, Gonets-M31, Gonets-M32

43/3 (43L) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system Strela-3. Gonets-M constellation is tasked with...

Soyuz STA

Launch Successful

3 days, 7 hours ago

Falcon Eye 2

Soyuz Launch Complex - Kourou, French Guiana

Falcon 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

Launch Successful

6 days, 1 hour ago

JDRS-1

Yoshinobu Launch Complex - Tanegashima, Japan

JDRS-1 is a Japanese Data Relay Satellite.

Falcon 9 Block 5

Launch Successful

1 week, 3 days ago

Starlink 15

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

A batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Long March 5

Launch Successful

1 week, 4 days ago

Chang'e 5

Wenchang - Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Chang'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 ...

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