Lodewijk van den Berg
American - (NASA)
Deceased
Date of Birth: March 24, 1932
Date of Death: Oct. 16, 2022
Lodewijk van den Berg born March 24, 1932) was a Dutch American chemical engineer, specializing in crystal growth, who flew on a 1985 Space Shuttle Challenger mission as a Payload Specialist.
Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-51-B
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 29, 1985, 4:02 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.
Soyuz 2.1a
Progress MS-31 (92P)
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of KazakhstanProgress resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Long March 4C
Shiyan 28 B-01
Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaSatellite officially named for "space environment detection" purposes, exact details unknown.
Falcon 9
Starlink Group 10-25
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USAA batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Falcon 9
MTG-S1
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USASecond of EUMETSAT's third generation of weather satellite.
New Shepard
NS-33
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch - Corn Ranch, Van Horn, TX, USANS-33 is the 13th crewed flight for the New Shepard program and the 33rd in its history.
