Michael A. Baker

American - (NASA)

Retired

Date of Birth: Oct. 27, 1953
Age: 71

Michael Allen Baker is a retired captain in the United States Navy, former NASA astronaut, and the International Space Station Program Manager for International and Crew Operations, at NASA's Johnson Space Center. He is responsible for the coordination of program operations, integration and flight crew training and support activities with the International Partners.

Spaceflight Record

Michael A. Baker flew on four previous launch(es).

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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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-52

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 22, 1992, 5:09 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-52 was a Space Transportation System (NASA Space Shuttle) mission using orbiter Columbia, and was launched on 22 October 1992.

Low Earth Orbit

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Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-68

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Sept. 30, 1994, 11:16 a.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-68 was a human spaceflight mission using Space Shuttle Endeavour that launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 30 September 1994.

Low Earth Orbit

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Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-81

National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of America
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 12, 1997, 9:27 a.m.

Status: Success

Mission:

STS-81 was a January 1997 Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the Mir space station.

Low Earth Orbit

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Acting Administrator: James Free

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

Falcon 9

Success

1 day, 12 hours ago

Starlink Group 12-20

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M

Success

1 day, 16 hours ago

Glonass-K2 No. 14 (Kosmos 2584)

43/3 (43L) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Glonass-K2 are the fourth generation of satellite design for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Russian space-based navigation system …

Kuaizhou

3 days, 5 hours ago

Unknown Payload

Launch Area 95A - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Details TBD.

Soyuz 2.1a

Success

4 days, 17 hours ago

Progress MS-30 (91P)

31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Progress resupply mission to the International Space Station.

Long March 2

Success

5 days, 8 hours ago

SuperView Neo 1-03 & 04

Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603) - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Commercial Earth observation satellites (~540 kg each) built by CAST for China Siwei Survey and Mapping Technology Co. Ltd., with resolution down to …