Name: Ross, Jerry Country: USA M/F: M Number of Flights: 7

Space Flights Launch Date - Shuttle Landing Date - Shuttle
1. STS-61B November 27, 1985 - Atlantis December 3, 1985 - Atlantis
2. STS-27 December 2, 1988 - Atlantis December 6, 1988 - Atlantis
3. STS-37 April 5, 1991 - Atlantis April 11, 1991 - Atlantis
4. STS-55 April 26, 1993 - Columbia May 6, 1993 - Columbia
5. STS-74 November 12, 1995 - Atlantis November 20, 1995 - Atlantis
6. STS-88 December 4, 1998 - Endeavour December 16, 1998 - Endeavour
7. STS-110 April 8, 2002 - Atlantis April 19, 2002 - Atlantis

Space Flights Descriptions
STS-51G(a)
(Cancelled)
Planned Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) deployment shuttle mission
Cancelled due to failure of the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS)
1. STS-61B Deployed Morelos-B for Mexico, AUSSAT 2 for Australia and RCA SATCOM Ku-2 for RCA Americom
STS-62A
(Cancelled)
Planned military space shuttle mission
Cancelled after the Challenger disaster - Would have been the first space shuttle mission launched from SLC-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
2. STS-27 Classified military mission 3
3. STS-37 Deployed Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (GRO)
4. STS-55 Spacelab D-2 Mission (SL-D2)
Second dedicated German Spacelab mission
5. STS-74 Shuttle-Mir Docking Mission 2
Delivered the Docking Module to Mir on November 15, 1995
Atlantis undocked from Mir on November 18, 1995.
6. STS-88 ISS Assembly Mission 2A
Attached the Unity module (Node 1) to the the Zarya module on December 7, 1998 - Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on December 13, 1998.
7. STS-110 ISS Assembly Mission 8A
Delivered the S0 Truss Segment on April 11, 2002 - Atlantis docked with the International Space Station (ISS) from April 10, 2002 to April 17, 2002.

Spacewalks - 9
Space Flights Date & Duration Purpose
STS-61B November 29, 1985 Assemble experimental erectable structures - Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures (ACCESS) and Experimental Assembly of Structures (EASE)
5 hours 32 minutes
STS-61B December 1, 1985 Assemble and manipulate experimental erectable truss structures. Demonstrate Remote Manipulator System (robot arm) use in assembly
6 hours 41 minutes

STS-37 April 7, 1991 Deploy jammed Compton Gamma Ray Observatory high-gain antenna
4 hours 26 minutes
STS-37 April 8, 1991 Test Crew and Equipment Translation Aid (CETA) cart and other spacewalking equipment
5 hours 47 minutes

STS-88 December 7, 1998 International Space Station Assembly - Connect cables between Zarya and Unity modules to start International Space Station assembly
7 hours 22 minutes
STS-88 December 9, 1998 International Space Station Assembly - Install Early Communication antennas on Unity module. Deploy first TORU antenna
7 hours 2 minutes
STS-88 December 12, 1998 International Space Station Assembly - Attach tool bag to Unity. Disconnect cables to prevent the undocking of Zarya and Unity modules. Deploy second TORU antenna
6 hours 59 minutes

STS-110 April 13, 2002 International Space Station Assembly - Attach aft tripod mounting struts. Remove launch support struts and beams. Attach backup umbilical cable to the Mobile Transporter
7 hours 30 minutes
STS-110 April 16, 2002 International Space Station Assembly - Install Airlock Spur from the S0 Truss Segment to Quest Airlock. Install floodlights on Destiny and Unity. Install shock absorbers on the Mobile Transporter. Perform miscellaneous get-ahead tasks
6 hr 37 min

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Updated - September 19, 2006