John E. Blaha
American - (NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: Aug. 26, 1942
Age: 82
John Elmer Blaha is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five space missions aboard the Space Shuttle and Mir. Blaha is married to the former Brenda I. Walters of St. Louis, Missouri. They have three grown children and four grandchildren.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-29
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 13, 1989, 2:57 p.m.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-33
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 23, 1989, 12:23 a.m.
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-43
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 2, 1991, 3:02 p.m.
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-58
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 18, 1993, 2:53 p.m.
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-79
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 16, 1996, 8:54 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
STS-79 was the 17th flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis, and the 79th mission of the Space Shuttle program. The flight saw Atlantis dock with the Russian space station Mir to deliver equipment, supplies and relief personnel. A variety of scientific experiments were also conducted aboard Atlantis by her crew. It was the first shuttle mission to rendezvous with a fully assembled Mir, and the fourth rendezvous of a shuttle to the space station.
Low Earth OrbitSpace Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-81
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 12, 1997, 9:27 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.
Soyuz 2.1b
Kosmos (Unknown Payload)
Unknown Pad - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationRussian military satellite(s) of unknown variant.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 6-70
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Kuaizhou
Haishao-1
Mobile Launcher Pad - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaSynthetic-aperture radar Earth observation satellite from the Chinese Academy of Sciences to observe dynamics properties of oceans.
Long March 3
TJSW-13
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaChinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.
Long March 12
Maiden Flight
Commercial LC-2 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of ChinaFirst launch of the Long March 12 launch vehicle and the first launch from the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site. 2 satellites are on board: …
