Kenneth Cockrell
American - (NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: April 9, 1950
Age: 75
Kenneth Dale "Taco" Cockrell is an American astronaut and a veteran of five space shuttle missions.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-56
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 8, 1993, 5:29 a.m.
Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-69
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 7, 1995, 3:09 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
STS-69 was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission, and the second flight of the Wake Shield Facility (WSF). The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 7 September 1995. It was the 100th successful manned NASA spaceflight, not including X-15 flights.
Low Earth OrbitSpace Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-80
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 19, 1996, 7:55 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
STS-80 was a Space Shuttle mission flown by Space Shuttle Columbia. The launch was originally scheduled for 31 October 1996, but was delayed to 19 November for several reasons. Likewise, the landing, which was originally scheduled for 5 December, was pushed back to 7 December after bad weather prevented landing for two days. The mission was the longest Shuttle mission ever flown at 17 days, 15 hours, and 53 minutes. Although two spacewalks were planned for the mission, they were both canceled after problems with the airlock hatch prevented astronauts Tom Jones and Tammy Jernigan from exiting the orbiter.
Low Earth OrbitSpace Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-98
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Feb. 7, 2001, 11:13 p.m.
Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-111
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
June 5, 2002, 9:22 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission:
STS-111 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. STS-111 resupplied the station and replaced the Expedition 4 crew with the Expedition 5 crew. It was launched on 5 June 2002, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
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.
Falcon 9
CSG-3
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USACSG-3 is an Earth observation satellite for the Italian Space Agency, part of a reconnaissance constellation using synthetic aperture radars operatin…
Long March 7A
Shijian 29 A-B
201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China2 satellites officially described as for "demonstration of new technologies for spatial targets detection" purposes.
Long March 4B
Tianhui 7
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaA satellite officially described as for cartography purposes, details TBD.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
AIST-2T 01 & 02
Cosmodrome Site 1S - Vostochny Cosmodrome, Siberia, Russian FederationA pair of Russian optical Earth observation satellites built by the Progress Rocket Space Centre for obtaining stereo images of the Earth's surface, …
Long March 3B/E
Fengyun-4C
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaChina's geostationary meteorological satellite program FY-4 (Feng Yun 4) is the second generation of chinese geostationary meteorological satellites.
