Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-52
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Launch Window
Oct. 22, 1992, 5:09 p.m. - Oct. 22, 1992, 5:09 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Oct. 22, 1992, 5:09 p.m. - Oct. 22, 1992, 5:09 p.m.
STS-52 was a Space Transportation System (NASA Space Shuttle) mission using orbiter Columbia, and was launched on 22 October 1992.
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.
Space Shuttle Columbia (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-102) was the first space-rated orbiter in NASA's Space Shuttle fleet. It launched for the first time on mission STS-1 on April 12, 1981, the first flight of the Space Shuttle program. Over 22 years of service, it completed 27 missions before disintegrating during re-entry near the end of its 28th mission, STS-107 on February 1, 2003, resulting in the deaths of all seven crew members.
Space Shuttle Details
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Birth: Nov. 27, 1952
Age: 72
Date of
Birth: Oct. 27, 1953
Age: 71
Date of
Birth: Sept. 18, 1944
Date of Death:
Oct. 3, 1995
Date of
Birth: Dec. 14, 1954
Age: 70
Date of
Birth: July 26, 1949
Age: 75
Date of
Birth: May 7, 1959
Age: 66
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.
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