Sonny Carter

American - (NASA)

Died While In Active Service

Date of Birth: Aug. 15, 1947
Date of Death: April 5, 1991

Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Jr., M.D. was an American chemist, physician, professional soccer player, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut who flew on STS-33.

Spaceflight Record

Sonny Carter flew on one previous launch(es).

Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-33

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 23, 1989, 12:23 a.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-33 was the thirty-second shuttle mission and the ninth of Space Shuttle Discovery. It was the fifth shuttle mission in support of the Department of Defence.

Low Earth Orbit

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Administrator: Jared Isaacman

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.

Recent Launches

Falcon 9

Success

3 days, 7 hours ago

Transporter 17 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

Long March 8A

Success

5 days ago

SpaceSail Polar Group #14

Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

20 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with…

Falcon 9

Success

5 days, 3 hours ago

Starlink Group 10-50

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. The Falcon 9 1st st…

Long March 6A

Success

6 days, 4 hours ago

SpaceSail Polar Group #13

Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacesail Technologies with…

Pegasus XL

Success

1 week ago

Swift Boost Mission

Kwajalein Atoll - Air launch to orbit

Contracted by NASA under the Small Business Innovation Research Phase 3 contract, Katalyst Space Technologies' LINK servicing spacecraft will rendezv…