Front row (L-R): Kenneth Cameron, Steven Nagel, Linda Godwin
Back row (L-R): Jay Apt, Jerry Ross
Mission patch
Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-37), launched April 5, 1991, carried the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) and the Chadra X-ray Observatory into space. Its crew consisted of Commander Steven Nagel, Pilot Kenneth Cameron, Linda Godwin, Jerry Ross and Jay Apt.
Ross and Apt conducted two EVAs during the mission for a total of more than 10 hours. The crew returned to Earth April 11.
Catherine "Cady" Coleman, born December 14, 1960 in Charleston, South Carolina, has been into space three times. She received a B.S. in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PhD in polymer science and engineering from University of Massachusetts.
Her first trip into space was aboard Columbia (STS-73) as mission specialist in October-November 1995.
Her second trip was aboard Columbia (STS-93) as mission specialist in July 1999. The main objective of this mission was the Chandra X-Ray Observatory.
Her third and final flight was aboard Soyuz TMA-20 launched in December 2010 to the International Space Station. She was part of Expeditions 26 and 27. She returned to Earth in May 2011.
Steven Hawley, born December 12, 1951 in Ottawa, Kansas, is a veteran of 5 space shuttle flights, logging over 770 hours in space.
His first mission was aboard the maiden voyage of Discovery (STS-41-D) as mission specialist August-September 1984. Portions of the mission were filmed for the IMAX motion picture The Dream is Alive.
His second flight was aboard Columbia (STS-61-C) in January 1986 as mission specialist. It was the last successful space shuttle flight before the Challenger disaster, which occurred only 10 days after Columbia landed.
Hawley's third flight was on Discovery (STS-31) in April 1990. During this flight, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed.
His fourth flight was on Discovery(!) (STS-82) in February 1997. His primary role was to operate the Discovery's robotic arm to retrieve and redeploy the Hubble Telescope after upgrades and repairs.
Hawley's fifth and final flight was on Columbia (STS-93) in July 1999 as flight engineer. The Chandra X-ray Observatory was deployed during the mission.
STS-93 crew (L-R): Eileen Collins, Steven Hawley, Jeffrey Ashby, Michel Tognini, Catherine Coleman.
STS-93 mission patch
Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off July 23, 1999 with the first female commander of any shuttle mission. Its crew consisted of Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot Jeffrey Ashby, Michel Tognini (Centre National d'etudes Spatiales, CNES), Steven Hawley and Catherine Coleman.
The mission's primary objective was to deploy the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the most sophisticated of its kind ever built.
After this flight, Columbia went out of service for upgrading and did not fly again until 2002 (STS-109).
