Launch of Space Shuttle Mission STS-78

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Thursday June 20, 1996

28 years ago

STS-78 mission patch

Commander Terence T. Henricks

Pilot Kevin R. Kregel

Mission Specialist 1 Richard M. Linnehan

Mission Specialist 2 Susan Helms

Mission Specialist 3 Charles E. Brady, Jr.

Payload Specialist 1 Jean-Jacques Favier

Payload Specialist 2 Robert Thirsk

Left to right – Seated: Henricks, Kregel; Standing: Favier, Linnehan, Helms, Brady, Thirsk

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