James P. Bagian
American - ( NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: Feb. 22, 1952
Age: 67
James Philip Bagian, MD, PE is an American physician, engineer, and former NASA astronaut of Armenian descent. During his career as an astronaut, he logged 337 hours of space-flight, over two missions, STS-29 (in 1989) and STS-40 (in 1991). After leaving NASA in 1995, Bagian was elected as a member of both the National Academy of Engineering and of the Institute of Medicine. Bagian is currently the Director of the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety at the University of Michigan.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-29
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 13, 1989, 2:57 p.m.
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-40
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
June 5, 1991, 1:24 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Unknown
STS-40 was the eleventh launch of Columbia and carried the Spacelab module for Spacelab Life Sciences 1 (SLS-1), the fifth Spacelab mission and the first dedicated to biology. It was also the first mission to carry three women crew members.
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.
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
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Falcon 9 Block 5
Starlink - Success
A batch of 60 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
