James van Hoften
American - ( NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: June 11, 1944
Age: 78
James Dougal Adrianus "Ox" van Hoften, Ph.D. is an American civil and hydraulic engineer, retired U.S. Navy officer and aviator, and a former astronaut for NASA.
Space Shuttle Challenger OV-099 | STS-41-C
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 6, 1984, 1:58 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
STS-41-C was the eleventh mission of the shuttle program and fifth mission for Space Shuttle Challenger. It marked the first time a shuttle performed a direct ascent. Its mission was to capsule the Solar Max Satellite and repair it whilst in orbit.
Low Earth OrbitSpace Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-I
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 27, 1985, 10:58 a.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
BADR-8
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USAGeostationary communications satellite built by Airbus Defense and Space and based on the Eurostar Neo platform for Arabsat.
Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M
Kondor-FKA No.1
Cosmodrome Site 1S - Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian FederationThe Kondor-FKA is a small civilian radar Earth observation satellite designed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya as a civilian counterpart to the Kondor-E sate…
Electron
TROPICS-3
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandLast two operational (TROPICS-06 & TROPICS-07) satellites for NASA's Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a…
SpaceShipTwo
VSS Unity 25
Spaceport America - Air launch to Suborbital flightVirgin Galactic return to space mission ahead of the first commercial flight.
Nuri
NEXTSat-2 & SNIPE
LC-2 - Naro Space Center, South KoreaThird flight of the KSLV-II "Nuri" launch vehicle, carrying NEXTSat-2 as well as SNIPE A through D.
