NASA Astronaut Group 11 explained
NASA Astronaut Group 11 |
Year: | 1985 |
Number: | 13 |
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NASA Astronaut Group 11 was a group of 13 NASA astronauts announced on 4 June 1985.[1]
Group members
Pilots
STS-43 Atlantis — August 1991 — Pilot — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite deployment[3]
STS-52 Columbia — October/November 1992 — Pilot — LAGEOS-II deployment and operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1)[4]
STS-68 Endeavour — September/October 1994 — Commander — Radar imaging[5]
STS-81 Atlantis — January 1997 — Commander — fifth Shuttle-Mir mission[6]
- Robert D. Cabana (born 1949), U.S. Marine Corps (4 flights)[7] - NASA Associate Administrator (2021-2023)
STS-41 Discovery — October 1990 — Pilot — Ulysses probe deployment[8]
STS-53 Discovery — December 1992 — Pilot — classified United States Department of Defense payload[9]
STS-65 Columbia — July 1994 — Commander — second International Microgravity Laboratory mission[10]
STS-88 Endeavour — December 1998 — Commander — first Space Shuttle mission to the ISS[11]
STS-45 Atlantis — March/April 1992 — Pilot — Spacelab mission[13]
STS-57 Endeavour — June/July 1993 — Pilot — SPACEHAB mission[14]
STS-72 Endeavour — January 1996 — Commander — capture and return of Space Flyer Unit (SFU)[15]
STS-92 Discovery — October 2000 — Commander — ISS assembly flight and 100th mission of the Space Shuttle[16]
STS-44 Atlantis — November/December 1991 — Pilot — Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite deployment[18]
STS-55 Columbia — April/May 1993 — Pilot — Spacelab mission[19]
STS-70 Discovery — July 1995 — Commander — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) deployment[20]
STS-78 Columbia — June/July 1996 — Commander — Spacelab mission[21]
STS-42 Discovery — January 1992 — Pilot — Spacelab mission[23]
STS-56 Discovery — April 1993 — Pilot — Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2) operation[24]
STS-67 Endeavour — March 1995 — Commander — Spacelab mission[25]
Died in an airplane accident before he could finish astronaut training.
Mission specialists
STS-37 Atlantis — April 1991 — Mission Specialist — Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) deployment[28]
STS-47 Endeavour — September 1992 — Mission Specialist — Spacelab mission[29]
STS-59 Endeavour — April 1994 — Mission Specialist — Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) operation[30]
STS-79 Atlantis — September 1996 — Mission Specialist — first shuttle mission to a fully completed Mir space station[31]
STS-38 Atlantis — November 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified United States Department of Defense payload[33]
STS-48 Discovery — September 1991 — Mission Specialist — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite deployment[34]
STS-62 Columbia — March 1994 — Mission Specialist — operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-2 (USMP-2)[35]
STS-37 Atlantis — April 1991 — Mission Specialist — Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) deployment
STS-59 Endeavour — April 1994 — Mission Specialist — Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) operation
STS-76 Atlantis — March 1996 — Mission Specialist — third Shuttle-Mir mission[37]
STS-108 Endeavour — December 2001 — Mission Specialist — ISS crew rotation mission[38]
STS-39 Discovery — April/May 1991 — Mission Specialist — United States Department of Defense research mission[40]
STS-49 Endeavour — May 1992 — Mission Specialist — Maiden flight of Endeavour, Intelsat 603 capture and redeployment to a correct orbit, first and only (as of 2019) EVA involving three astronauts[41]
STS-65 Columbia — July 1994 — Mission Specialist — second International Microgravity Laboratory mission
STS-40 Columbia — June 1991 — Mission Specialist — fifth Spacelab mission and the first dedicated solely to biology[43]
STS-52 Columbia — October/November 1992 — Mission Specialist — LAGEOS-II deployment and operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1)
STS-67 Endeavour — March 1995 — Mission Specialist — Spacelab mission
STS-80 Columbia — November/December 1996 — Mission Specialist — Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer-Shuttle Pallet Satellite II (ORFEUS-SPAS II) and Wake Shield Facility-3 deployment, operation as free-floating satellites and recapture[44]
STS-96 Discovery — May/June 1999 — Mission Specialist — ISS assembly and logistics, first Space Shuttle flight to dock with the ISS[45]
STS-38 Atlantis — November 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified United States Department of Defense payload
STS-50 Columbia — June/July 1992 — Mission Specialist — U.S. Microgravity Laboratory 1 Spacelab mission[47]
STS-64 Discovery — September 1994 — Mission Specialist — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment (LITE) operation and the last untethered U.S. extravehicular activity (EVA) during the Space Shuttle program[48]
STS-36 Atlantis — February/March 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified United States Department of Defense payload[50]
STS-49 Endeavour — May 1992 — Mission Specialist — Maiden flight of Endeavour, Intelsat 603 capture and redeployment to a correct orbit, first and only (as of 2019) EVA involving three astronauts
STS-62 Columbia — March 1994 — Mission Specialist — operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-2 (USMP-2)
Notes and References
- Web site: Nesbitt . Steve . 85-023: NASA Selects 13 Astronaut Candidates . NASA News . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506155310/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/83137main_1985.pdf . 6 May 2021 . . PDF . 4 June 1985 . live.
- Web site: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . Johnson Space Center . Michael A. Baker . Biographical Data . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506142303/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/baker-m.pdf . 6 May 2021 . . PDF . January 2017 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-43 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506144830/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-43.html . 6 May 2021 . 18 February 2010 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-52 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506145053/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-52.html . 6 May 2021 . 31 March 2010 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-68 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506145241/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-68.html . 6 May 2021 . 23 November 2007 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-81 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506145553/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-81.html . 6 May 2021 . 23 November 2007 . live.
- Web site: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . Johnson Space Center . Robert D. Cabana . Biographical Data . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506142523/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/cabana_robert.pdf . 6 May 2021 . . PDF . July 2014 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-41 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506145857/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-41.html . 6 May 2021 . 18 February 2010 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-53 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506145636/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-53.html . 6 May 2021 . 31 March 2010 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-65 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506145622/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-65.html . 6 May 2021 . 1 April 2010 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-88 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506145639/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-88.html . 6 May 2021 . 10 February 2011 . live.
- Web site: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . Johnson Space Center . Brian Duffy . Biographical Data . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506142859/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/duffy_brian.pdf . 6 May 2021 . . PDF . August 2002 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-45 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506150816/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-45.html . 6 May 2021 . 31 March 2010 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-57 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506151044/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-57.html . 6 May 2021 . 31 March 2010 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-72 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506151243/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-72.html . 6 May 2021 . 23 November 2007 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-92 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506151504/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-92.html . 6 May 2021 . 15 February 2010 . live.
- Web site: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . Johnson Space Center . Terence T. Henricks . Biographical Data . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506143030/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/henricks_terence.pdf . 6 May 2021 . . PDF . January 2000 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-44 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506151738/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-44.html . 6 May 2021 . 18 February 2010 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-55 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506151859/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-55.html . 6 May 2021 . 31 March 2010 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-70 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506152013/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-70.html . 6 May 2021 . 1 April 2010 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-78 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506152135/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-78.html . 6 May 2021 . 23 November 2007 . live.
- Web site: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . Johnson Space Center . Stephen S. Oswald . Biographical Data . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506143210/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/oswald_stephen.pdf . 6 May 2021 . . PDF . February 2000 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-42 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506152348/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-42.html . 6 May 2021 . 31 March 2010 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-56 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506152533/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-56.html . 6 May 2021 . 31 March 2010 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-67 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506152623/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-67.html . 6 May 2021 . 1 April 2010 . live.
- Web site: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . Johnson Space Center . Stephen D. Thorne . Biographical Data . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506143338/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/thorne_stephen.pdf . 6 May 2021 . . PDF . November 1986 . live.
- Web site: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . Johnson Space Center . Jay Apt . Biographical Data . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506143509/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/apt_jerome.pdf . 6 May 2021 . . PDF . June 1997 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-37 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506152824/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-37.html . 6 May 2021 . 11 April 2013 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-47 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506152903/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-47.html . 6 May 2021 . 2 April 2010 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-59 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506152946/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-59.html . 6 May 2021 . 23 November 2007 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-79 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506153032/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-79.html . 6 May 2021 . 23 November 2007 . live.
- Web site: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . Johnson Space Center . Charles D. Gemar . Biographical Data . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506143657/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/gemar_charles.pdf . 6 May 2021 . . PDF . March 1997 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-38 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506153417/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-38.html . 6 May 2021 . 18 February 2010 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-48 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506153446/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-48.html . 6 May 2021 . 2 April 2010 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-62 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506153603/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-62.html . 6 May 2021 . 1 April 2010 . live.
- Web site: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . Johnson Space Center . Linda M. Godwin . Biographical Data . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506143941/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/godwin_linda.pdf . 6 May 2021 . . PDF . August 2010 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-76 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506153758/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-76.html . 6 May 2021 . 23 November 2007 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-108 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506153913/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-108.html . 6 May 2021 . 15 February 2010 . live.
- Web site: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . Johnson Space Center . Richard J. Hieb . Biographical Data . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506144059/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/hieb.pdf . 6 May 2021 . . PDF . January 1995 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-39 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506154006/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-39.html . 6 May 2021 . 18 February 2010 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-49 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506154147/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-49.html . 6 May 2021 . 2 April 2010 . live.
- Web site: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . Johnson Space Center . Tamara E. Jernigan . Biographical Data . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506144231/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/jernigan_tamara.pdf . 6 May 2021 . . PDF . November 2001 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-40 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506154434/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-40.html . 6 May 2021 . 18 February 2010 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-80 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506154706/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-80.html . 6 May 2021 . 23 November 2007 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-96 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506154437/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-96.html . 6 May 2021 . 23 November 2007 . live.
- Web site: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . Johnson Space Center . Carl J. Meade . Biographical Data . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506144349/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/meade_carl.pdf . 6 May 2021 . . PDF . March 1996 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-50 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506154912/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-50.html . 6 May 2021 . 31 March 2010 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-64 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506155003/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-64.html . 6 May 2021 . 1 April 2010 . live.
- Web site: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . Johnson Space Center . Pierre J. Thuot . Biographical Data . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506144615/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/thuot_pierre.pdf . 6 May 2021 . . PDF . July 1995 . live.
- Web site: Ryba . Jeanne . STS-36 . Mission Archives . . 6 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506155150/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-36.html . 6 May 2021 . 23 November 2007 . live.