James C. Adamson
American - ( NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: March 3, 1946
Age: 73
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.
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-28
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 8, 1989, 12:37 p.m.
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-43
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 2, 1991, 3:01 p.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.
Falcon 9 Block 5
RADARSAT Constellation - Success
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Long March 11
Jilin-1 & others - Success
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Proton-M Briz-M
Yamal-601 - Success
Yamal-601 is a geostationary communications satellite for Gazprom Space Systems.
Soyuz 2.1B
Glonass-M No. 58 - Success
Glonass-M, also known as Uragan-M, are the second generation of Uragan satellite design used for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system comparable t...
Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink - Success
A batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
