Franklin Chang-Díaz
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Franklin Ramon Chang-Díaz is an American mechanical engineer, physicist, and former NASA astronaut. He is the sole founder and CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company as well as a member of the Cummins' board
Chang-Díaz in 1997
Chang-Díaz with students during the filming of Odyssey 2050 The Movie at Ad Astra Rocket Company, 2010.
STS-61-C
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STS-61-C was the 24th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the seventh mission of Space Shuttle Columbia. It was the first time that Columbia, the first space-rated Space Shuttle orbiter to be
Franklin Chang-Díaz
…another in order to create a fusion event. Chang-Díaz was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in 1980, and first flew aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-61-C in 1986. Subsequent missions included STS-34 (1989), STS-46 (1992), STS-60 (1994), STS-75 (1996), STS-91 (1998), and STS-111 (2002). During STS-111…
Satcom-K1 is deployed from Columbia's payload bay.
Background: B. Nelson, Hawley and G. Nelson Foreground: Cenker, Bolden, Gibson and Chang-DíazSpace Shuttle program← STS-61-B (23)STS-51-L (25) →
STS-61-C lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center
STS-61-C lands on Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base