Friday 21 January 2011

Guest Speaker Colonel Rick Searfoss - Space Shuttle Commander

Colonel Rick Searfoss - Space Shuttle Commander

March 24, 2011


London

7:00pm - Richard Searfoss (STS-58, STS-76, STS-90)

fly2help Charity Gala Dinner: "A Celebration of the Space Shuttle Programme"


Royal Aeronautical Society



NASA STS-58 Columbia Mission Patch



Fifteenth Columbia flight. Spacelab Life Science-2 (SLS-2) was a mission dedicated to the study of cardiovascular, regulatory, neurovestibular and musculoskeletal systems, to gain more knowledge on how the human body adapts to the space environment. Landed November 1, 1993 at Edwards Air Force Base, CA. Mission Duration: 338 hours 12 minutes 32 seconds.

Launch Date: October 18, 1993 Launch Vehicle: Columbia Crew: Commander: John E. Blaha, Pilot: Richard Searfoss, PC: Margaret Rhea Seddon, Mission Specialists: Shannon W. Lucid, David A. Wolf, William McArthur, Jr., Payload Specialists: Martin J. Fettman

NASA STS-58 Columbia Mission Patch Available from the U.K's No.1 Space Store



NASA STS-76 Atlantis Mission Patch


Sixteenth Atlantis flight with Kevin Chilton, Rick Searfoss, Ron Sega, Rich Clifford and Linda Godwin as crew members while Shannon Lucid, Yuri Onufriendo and Yuri Usachev were taken to the Space Station MIR. The third docking with MIR included over 1,900 pounds of supplies. The mission would include the SPACEHAB module, middeck experiments and a Get Away Special. Landed March 31, 1996 at Edwards Air Force Base, CA. Mission Duration: 221 hours 15 minutes 53 seconds.

Launch Date: March 22, 1996 Launch Vehicle: Atlantis Crew: Commander: Kevin P. Chilton, Pilot:Richard A. Seaffoss, Mission Specialists: Linda Godwin, Ronald Sega, Michael R. Clifford, Shannon Lucid

NASA STS-76 Atlantis Mission Patch Available now from the U.K's No.1 Space Store



NASA STS-90 Columbia Mission Patch



This was the twenty-fifth launch of Columbia. Neurolab is a Spacelab module mission focusing on the effects of microgravity on the nervous system. The mission was a joint venture of six space agencies and seven U.S. research agencies. Investigator teams from nine countries conducted 31 studies in the microgravity environment of space. Landed May 3, 1998 at Kennedy Space Center, FL. Mission Duration: 15 days 21 hours 50 minutes 58 seconds.

Launch Date: April 17, 1998 2:19 PM EDT Launch Vehicle: Columbia Crew: Commander: Richard A. Searfoss, Pilot: Scott D. Altman, Mission Specialists:Richard M. Linnehan, Dafydd Rhys Williams, Kathryn P. Hire, Payload Specialists: James C. Buckey, James A. Pawelczyk

NASA STS-90 Columbia Mission Patch Available now from the SPACEBOOSTERS Online Store - The U.K. No.1

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