Atlantis (STS-37) launched 1991

STS-37 crew

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.

Discovery (STS-56) launched 1993

STS-56 crew: Seated (L-R):  Stephen Oswald, Kenneth Cameron; 

Standing (L-R): Kenneth Cockrell, Michael Foale, Ellen Ochoa

Mission patch

Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-56), launched April 8, 1993, was the first flight with a Latina astronaut.  Its crew consisted of Commander Kenneth Cameron, Pilot Stephen Oswald, Michael Foale, Kenneth Cockrell and Ellen Ochoa.

During the flight, the crew made a brief radio contact with the Russian space station Mir.  They returned to Earth April 17.

Happy birthday, Space Shuttle astronaut Kenneth Cameron!

Kenneth Donald Cameron, born November 29, 1949 in Cleveland, Ohio, is a veteran of three Space Shuttle flights.  He became an astronaut in June 1985 and flew his first mission on Atlantis (STS-37) in April 1991 as pilot.

His second mission was on Discovery (STS-56) as commander in April 1993.  It was the first flight of Ellen Ochoa, first Latina in space.

His third and final mission was back on Atlantis (STS-74) as commander in November 1995.  It was the fourth mission of the Shuttle-Mir program and the second docking of the Space Shuttle with Mir.

Atlantis (STS-74) launched to rendezvous with Mir 1995

Front row: Pilot James D. Halsell, Commander Kenneth D. Cameron

Back row: Mission Specialist 3 William S. McArthur, Jr.; Mission Specialist 2 Jerry L. Ross; Mission Specialist 1 Chris A. Hadfield (Canadian Space Agency)

November 12, 1995, the Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-74) blasted off for its second rendezvous with the Russian Space Station Mir.  It was the fourth mission of NASA's Space Shuttle and Russia's Mir joint program.  Atlantis would make a total of seven trips to the space station.

Its crew consisted of James Halsell, Kenneth Cameron, William McArthur, Jerry Ross, Chris Hadfield (Canadian Space Agency).

She had been scheduled to blast off on Nov 11 but bad weather caused the launch to abort.  Atlantis returned to Earth eight days later.