Karl Henize
American - (NASA)
Deceased
Date of Birth: Oct. 17, 1926
Date of Death: Oct. 5, 1993
Karl Gordon Henize, Ph.D. was an American astronomer, space scientist, NASA astronaut, and professor at Northwestern University. Henize was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in August 1967. Henize was a mission specialist on the Spacelab-2 mission (STS-51-F) which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on July 29, 1985. He died in 1993, during a Mount Everest expedition. The purpose of this expedition was to test for NASA a meter called a Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter (TEPC): testing at different altitudes (17,000 ft, 19,000 ft and 21,000 ft) would reveal how people’s bodies would be affected, including the way bodily tissues behaved, when struck by radiation, and this was important for the planning of long duration space missions.
Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-F
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 29, 1985, 9 p.m.
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.
Firefly Alpha
FLTA006 (Message in a Booster)
Space Launch Complex 2W - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USASixth flight of the Firefly Alpha small satellite launcher, launching the demonstration mission for Lockheed Martin's new LM400 satellite bus, which …
Vega-C
Biomass
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) - Guiana Space Centre, French GuianaBiomass is an European Space Agency mission designed to measure the density of carbon stored in the world's forests. The spacecraft, built by Airbus …
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 12-10
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USAA batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Atlas V 551
Project Kuiper (KA-01)
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAProject Kuiper is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit that will offer broadband internet access, this constellation will be managed…
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 11-9
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAA batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
