Seated (L-R): Linda Godwin, Thomas Jones, Jay Apt, Michael Clifford
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Space shuttle Endeavour (STS-59) was launched April 9, 1994. Its crew consisted of Commander Sidney Gutierrez, Kevin Chilton, Jay Apt, Michael Clifford, Linda Godwin, and Thomas Jones. The crew was divided into two groups, Red and Blue, and the groups split tasks and research projects throughout the mission.
They returned to Earth eleven days later, after 183 orbits.
Steven Nagel, born October 27, 1946 in Columbia, Missouri, went into space four times.
His first flight was aboard Discovery (STS-51-G) as mission specialist in June 1985. It was Shannon Lucid's first flight as well.
His second flight was aboard Challenger (STS-61-A) as pilot in October-November 1985. It was the last successful flight of Challenger and holds the record for the largest crew - eight - aboard any since spacecraft for the entire mission.
His third mission was aboard Atlantis (STS-37) as commander in April 1991. The mission included two EVAs, the first since 1985.
His fourth and final mission was aboard Columbia (STS-55) as commander in April-May 1993. The mission hosted 88 experiments from 11 different nations.
He was married to fellow astronaut Linda Godwin.
Nagel passed away in August 2014 from advanced melanoma.
Front row (L-R): Kenneth Cameron, Steven Nagel, Linda Godwin
Back row (L-R): Jay Apt, Jerry Ross
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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.
Front row (L-R): Ronald Sega, Kevin Chilton, Richard Searfoss
Back row (L-R): Michael Clifford, Shannon Lucid, Linda Godwin
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Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-76), launched March 22, 1996, was the third Shuttle mission to dock with the space station Mir. Its crew consisted of Commander Kevin Chilton, Pilot Richard Searfoss, Ronald Sega, Michael Clifford, Linda Godwin and Shannon Lucid.
Godwin and Clifford performed a space walk on March 27 which lasted 6 hours. Shannon Lucid stayed on board Mir as part of Expedition Mir EO-21.
Linda Godwin, born July 2, 1952 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, is a veteran of four space shuttle flights. After getting her doctorate in physics, she joined NASA in 1980 and became an astronaut in 1986.
Her first flight was on Atlantis (STS-37) as mission specialist in April 1991.
Her second flight was aboard Endeavour (STS-59) as mission specialist in April 1994. She assisted in photographing supersites, places NASA has identified to track a variety of contributors to track climate change. She took clear pictures of Chickasha, Oklahoma(!), one of 19 supersites.
Her third mission was on Atlantis (STS-76) in March 1996 to the space station Mir, during which she performed the first U.S. spacewalk around two docked spacecraft with fellow astronaut Michael Clifford.
Her fourth and final mission was aboard Endeavour (STS-108) in December 2001. She and fellow astronaut Daniel Tani completed a four hour, 12 minute spacewalk to install insulation on the International Space Station's main solar arrays.
Godwin was married to fellow astronaut Steven Nagel until his death in 2014.
Daniel Tani, born February 1, 1961 in Pennsylvania, is a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions.
His first mission was on Endeavour (STS-108) in December 2001 as a mission specialist to the International Space Station. He completed an EVA with Linda Godwin that lasted 4 hours and 12 minutes.
Before his next flight, he served as an aquanaut on NEEMO 2, NASA's underwater laboratory Aquarius for a week under the Atlantic Ocean.
His second trip to space was aboard Discovery (STS-120) to the ISS in October 2007. He remained aboard the ISS as part of Expedition 16, during which he performed the 100th EVA in support of the building the ISS with Peggy Whitson.
He returned to Earth aboard Atlantis (STS-122) in February 2008.
L-R: Mark Kelly, Linda Godwin, Daniel Tani, Dominic Pudwill Gorie
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Endeavour (STS-108) launched December 5, 2001, was the first mission after the 9/11 attacks and the crew honored the victims during the flight. Endeavour's crew was Commander Dominic Pudwill Gorie, Pilot Mark E. Kelly, Mission Specialist Linda Godwin and Mission Specialist Daniel Tani.
She carried the crew of Expedition 4 to the International Space Station: Yuri Onufrienko, Carl Walz and Daniel Bursch. On her return, she brought back the crew of Expedition 3: Frank Culbertson, Mikhail Turin, and Vladimir Dezhurov.
An American flag that was recovered the morning of Sept 12, 2001 from the site of the World Trade Center wreckage, a USMC flag recovered from the Pentagon and an American flag flown over the State Capital in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania flew on the Endeavour that mission.
Also, 23 badges of fallen NYPD officers and 6000 small American flags to honor those lost flew on the Space shuttle. The 6000 flags were given to families who lost loved ones on 9/11.
During the mission Linda Godwin and Daniel Tani performed an EVA which lasted a little over 4 hours. Endeavour landed on December 17.
Michael "Rich" Clifford, born October 13, 1952 in San Bernadino, California, is a veteran of three space shuttle flights and one of the first astronauts to perform an EVA between two docked spacecraft.
His first trip to space was aboard Discovery (STS-53) in December 1992. It was a mission supporting the Department of Defense.
His second flight was on Endeavour (STS-59) in April 1994.
His third and final trip to space was aboard Atlantis (STS-76) in March 1996. During this trip, he and fellow astronaut Linda Godwin performed the first EVA between two docked spacecraft, Atlantis and the space station Mir.
Clifford was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 1994.
