Richard A. Searfoss
American - (NASA)
Deceased
Date of Birth: June 5, 1956
Date of Death: Sept. 29, 2018
Richard Alan Searfoss was an American aviator who was United States Air Force colonel, NASA astronaut and test pilot.
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-58
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-76
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Status: Success
Mission:
STS-76 was NASA's 76th Space Shuttle mission, and the 16th mission for Atlantis. STS-76 launched on 22 March 1996 at 3:13 am EST (UTC −5) from Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39B. STS-76 lasted over 9 days, traveled about 3,800,000 miles (6,100,000 km) while orbiting Earth an estimated 145 times, and landing at 5:28 am PST (UTC −8) on 31 March 1996 at Edwards Air Force Base runway 22.
Low Earth OrbitSpace Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-90
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Status: Success
Mission:
STS-90 was a 1998 Space Shuttle mission flown by the Space Shuttle Columbia. The 16-day mission marked the last flight of the European Space Agency's Spacelab laboratory module, which had first flown on Columbia on STS-9, and was also the last daytime landing for Columbia.
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.
Electron
Happily Ever Faster (BlackSky Gen-3 5)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandNote: Payload and customer identities were not publicly announced. 5th of the BlackSky Gen-3 high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.
Falcon 9
USSF-153
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAUSSF-153 is a classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield …
Long March 4B
Yaogan 53-01 to 03/56-01 to 03
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China6 Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 15-24
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Spectrum
Onward and Upward
Orbital Launch Pad - Andøya SpaceportSecond test flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle. This launch will carry 5 cubesats and 1 non-separable experiment as part of European Space Ag…
