James C. Adamson

American - (NASA)

Retired

Date of Birth: March 3, 1946
Age: 79

James Craig Adamson is a former NASA astronaut and retired Colonel of the United States Army. He is married with 3 children. James Adamson flew on two missions, STS-28 and STS-43, and completed 263 orbits and 334 hours in space. After retiring from NASA, he was recruited by Allied Signal (later merged with Honeywell) where he retired in 2001. Adamson has logged over 3,000 hours in over 30 different types of helicopters and airplanes.

Spaceflight Record

James C. Adamson flew on two previous launch(es).

Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-28

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 8, 1989, 12:37 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-28 was the thirtieth space shuttle mission, the fourth dedicated to the Department of Defence and the eigth of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

Low Earth Orbit

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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-43

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 2, 1991, 3:02 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-43 was the ninth flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The nine day mission had a primary goal of launching the fifth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-E.

Low Earth Orbit

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Administrator: Jared Isaacman

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Recent Launches

Long March 3B/E

Success

6 days ago

Fengyun-4C

Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

China's geostationary meteorological satellite program FY-4 (Feng Yun 4) is the second generation of chinese geostationary meteorological satellites.

Long March 8A

Success

6 days, 17 hours ago

SatNet LEO Group 17

Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…

Soyuz 2.1a

Success

1 week ago

Obzor-R No.1

43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Note: Assignment of payloads to this launch is uncertain. The Russian Obzor-R satellite is a planned X-band radar earth observation satellite desi…

LVM-3 (GSLV Mk III)

Success

1 week, 1 day ago

BlueBird Block 2 #1

Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad - Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India

AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird Block 1 satellites, requi…

Long March 12A

Success

1 week, 2 days ago

Demo Flight

Long March 12A Pad - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

First test launch of CASC/SAST’s Long March 12A rocket, with a dummy payload. The rocket’s 1st stage attempted to land on a landing pad about 300 km …