Showing posts with label Roger Crouch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roger Crouch. Show all posts

Saturday, April 4, 2020

Columbia (STS-83) launched 1997

STS-83 crew
Front row (L-R): Janice Voss, James Halsell, Susan Kilrain, Donald Thomas
Back row (L-R): Roger Crouch, Greg Linteris, Michael Gernhardt

Mission patch

Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-83), launched April 4, 1997, was originally scheduled to remain in space for over 15 days, but the mission was cut short when a problem with Fuel Cell #2 developed.  Its crew consisted of Commander James Halsell, Pilot Susan Kilrain, Janice Voss, Michael Gernhardt, Donald Thomas, Roger Crouch, and Greg Linteris.

The payload was the Microgravity Science Laboratory, but the crew returned to Earth after just 4 days.  The mission was flown again as STS-94.

Monday, July 1, 2019

Columbia (STS-94) launched 1997

STS-94 crew
Front Row (L-R): Janice Voss, James Halsell, Susan Kilrain Still, Donald Tomas
Back Row (L-R): Roger Crouch, Greg Linteris, Michael Gernhardt

Mission patch


Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-94), launched July 1, 1997, was the reflight of STS-83 from April, which was cut short due to a problem with Fuel Cell #2.  Its crew consisted of Commander James Halsell, Pilot Susan Kilrain Still, Janice Voss, Michael Gernhardt, Donald Thomas, Roger Crouch, and Greg Linteris.  It was the only time in history two missions with more than one crewmember had the exact same crew.

This time, the crew managed to complete all their objectives for the mission.  They returned to Earth 




Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Happy birthday, Space Shuttle astronaut Roger Crouch!


Roger Crouch, born September 12, 1940 in Jamestown, Tennessee, is a veteran of two space shuttle flights.  His bio on wikipedia.com says he was "on loan" to NASA from MIT to be the Senior Scientist for the International Space Station.

His first flight was on Columbia (STS-83) in April 1997 as payload specialist.  The mission was cut short because a problem with Fuel Cell #2 developed and Columbia landed just short of 4 days after it lifted off.

Crouch's second and final trip was on Columbia (STS-94) as payload specialist in July 1997.  This was considered a "reflight" of the STS-83 mission, since the earlier flight was cut short.