Jeffrey Ashby
American - (NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: June 16, 1954
Age: 70
Jeffrey Shears "Bones" Ashby is an American mechanical engineer, and former naval officer and aviator, test pilot and NASA astronaut, a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. He is a retired Captain in the U.S. Navy. He currently works for Blue Origin as chief of mission assurance.
Space Shuttle Columbia OV-102 | STS-93
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 23, 1999, 4:31 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
STS-93 marked the 95th launch of the Space Shuttle, the 26th launch of Columbia, and the 21st night launch of a Space Shuttle. Eileen Collins became the first female shuttle Commander on this flight. Its primary payload was the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Low Earth OrbitSpace Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-100
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 19, 2001, 6:40 p.m.
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-112
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 7, 2002, 7:45 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
STS-112 (ISS assembly flight 9A) was an 11-day space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. Space Shuttle Atlantis was launched on 7 October 2002 at 19:45 UTC from the Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39B to deliver the 28,000 pound Starboard 1 (S1) truss segment to the Space Station. Ending a 4.5-million-mile journey, Atlantis landed at 15:44 UTC on 18 October 2002 on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility.
Low Earth OrbitThe 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 2.1a
Kosmos 2579 (Bars-M No. 6)
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationNote: Payload identity uncertain. Bars-M is the second incarnation of the Bars project, which was started in the mid 1990ies to develop a success…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-13
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 9-9
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Long March 2
Shenzhou 19
Launch Area 4 (SLS-1 / 921) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaEighth crewed flight to the Chinese space station.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-8
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
