Kevin Chilton, born November 3, 1954 in Los Angeles, California, has been in space three times.
His first trip into space was aboard Endeavour (STS-49) as pilot in May 1992. It was the first time an EVA involved three astronauts.
His second trip was aboard Endeavour (STS-59) as pilot in April 1994. The Discovery Channel chronicled the launch for a special on the Space Shuttle program.
His third and final trip was aboard Atlantis (STS-76) as commander in March 1996. It was the third shuttle mission to dock with the space station Mir.
Richard Searfoss, born June 5, 1956 in Mount Clemens, Michigan, was a veteran of three space shuttle flights.
His first mission was aboard Columbia (STS-58) as pilot in October 1993. He and fellow astronaut John Blaha communictated with school children via an on-board ham radio.
His second mission was aboard Atlantis (STS-76) as pilot to Mir in March 1996. It was the third space shuttle mission to Mir.
His third and final flight was back on Columbia (STS-90) as commander in April-May 1998. It was the last flight of the European Space Agency's Spacelab module.
Front row (L-R): Ronald Sega, Kevin Chilton, Richard Searfoss
Back row (L-R): Michael Clifford, Shannon Lucid, Linda Godwin
Mission patch
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.
Ronald Sega, born December 4, 1952 in Macedonia, Ohio, is a veteran of two space shuttle missions.
His first flight was aboard Discovery (STS-60) as mission specialist in February 1994. It was the first flight mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir program.
HIs second mission was on Atlantis (STS-76) in March 1996 also to the space station Mir as mission specialist. He has spent more than 17 days in space.
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.
