NASA Astronaut Group 11 was a group of 13

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...

astronauts announced on 4 June 1985.

Group members

Pilots

* Michael A. Baker (born 1953), U.S. Navy (4 flights) :

STS-43 STS-43, the ninth mission for Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Atlantis, ''Atlantis'', was a nine-day mission whose primary goal was launching the TDRS-5, TDRS-E satellite (TDRS-5). The flight also tested an advanced heatpipe radiator for potential ...

''Atlantis'' — August 1991 — Pilot — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite deployment :

STS-52 STS-52 was a Space Shuttle program, NASA Space Shuttle mission using Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle ''Columbia'', launched on October 22, 1992. Crew Crew seat assignments Mission highlights Primary mission objectives were d ...

''Columbia'' — October/November 1992 — Pilot —

LAGEOS LAGEOS (), Laser Geodynamics Satellite or Laser Geometric Environmental Observation Survey, are a series of two scientific research satellites designed to provide an orbiting laser ranging benchmark for geodynamical studies of the Earth. Each ...

-II deployment and operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1) :

STS-68 STS-68 was a human spaceflight mission using that launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on September 30, 1994. Crew Launch Launch September 30, 1994, at 7:16:00.068 am EDT from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39-A. The Launch win ...

''Endeavour'' — September/October 1994 — Commander — Radar imaging :

STS-81 STS-81 was a January 1997 Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Atlantis, ''Atlantis'' mission to the Mir space station. Crew Crew seat assignments Mission highlights STS-81 was the fifth of nine planned missions to Mir and the second one involving ...

''Atlantis'' — January 1997 — Commander — fifth Shuttle-Mir mission *

Robert D. Cabana Robert Donald Cabana (born January 23, 1949) is a former Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and retired NASA astronaut, having flown on four Space Shuttle flights. He served as Chief of the Astronau ...

(born 1949), U.S. Marine Corps (4 flights) - NASA Associate Administrator (2021-2023) :

STS-41 STS-41 was the 36th Space Shuttle mission and the eleventh mission of the Space Shuttle ''Discovery''. The four-day mission had a primary objective of launching the ''Ulysses'' probe as part of the " International Solar Polar Mission" (ISPM) ...

''Discovery'' — October 1990 — Pilot — ''Ulysses'' probe deployment :

STS-53 STS-53 was a NASA Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' mission in support of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It was Discovery's 15th flight. The mission was launched on December 2, 1992, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This was also ...

''Discovery'' — December 1992 — Pilot — classified

United States Department of Defense The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the federal government of the United States, U.S. federal government charged with coordinating and superv ...

payload : STS-65 ''Columbia'' — July 1994 — Commander — second International Microgravity Laboratory mission :

STS-88 STS-88 was the first Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It was flown by Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Endeavour, ''Endeavour'', and took the first American module, the Unity (ISS module), ''Unity'' node, to the station ...

''Endeavour'' — December 1998 — Commander — first

Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable launch system, reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. ...

mission to the

ISS The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), ...

* Brian Duffy (born 1953), U.S. Air Force (4 flights) :

STS-45 STS-45 was a 1992 NASA Space Shuttle mission using the . Its almost nine-day scientific mission was with a non-deployable payload of instruments. It was the 46th Space Shuttle mission and the 11th for ''Atlantis''. Crew Crew seat assignm ...

''Atlantis'' — March/April 1992 — Pilot —

Spacelab Spacelab was a reusable laboratory developed by European Space Agency (ESA) and used on certain spaceflights flown by the Space Shuttle. The laboratory comprised multiple components, including a pressurized module, an unpressurized carrier, ...

mission :

STS-57 STS-57 was a NASA Space Shuttle- Spacehab mission of that launched June 21, 1993, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Crew Spacewalk * Personnel: Low and Wisoff * Date: June 25, 1993 (13:07–18:57 UTC) * Duration: 5 hours and 50&n ...

''Endeavour'' — June/July 1993 — Pilot —

SPACEHAB Astrotech Corporation, formerly Spacehab Inc., is a technology incubator headquartered in Austin, Texas. Astrotech uses technology sourced internally and from research institutions, government laboratories, and universities to fund, manage and se ...

mission :

STS-72 STS-72 was a Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'' mission to capture and return to Earth a Japanese microgravity research spacecraft known as Space Flyer Unit (SFU). The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 11 January 1996. Crew Cr ...

''Endeavour'' — January 1996 — Commander — capture and return of

Space Flyer Unit The was a spacecraft which was launched by Japan on March 18, 1995.
Main Reference

Technical dat ...

(SFU) :

STS-92 STS-92 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery''. STS-92 marked the 100th mission of the Space Shuttle and Discovery's 28th flight. It was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Flori ...

''Discovery'' — October 2000 — Commander —

assembly flight and 100th mission of the

Terence T. Henricks Terence Thomas "Tom" Henricks (born July 5, 1952) is a retired Colonel (United States), colonel in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut. He served on four Space Shuttle missions. Personal life and education Henricks was born on ...

(born 1952), U.S. Air Force (4 flights) :

STS-44 STS-44 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using ''Atlantis'' that launched on November 24, 1991. It was a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) space mission. Crew Crew seat assignments Mission highlights The launch was on November 24, 19 ...

''Atlantis'' — November/December 1991 — Pilot —

Defense Support Program The Defense Support Program (DSP) is a program of the United States Space Force that operated the reconnaissance satellites which form the principal component of the ''Satellite Early Warning System'' used by the United States. DSP satellite ...

(DSP) satellite deployment :

STS-55 STS-55, or Deutschland 2 (D-2), was the 55th overall flight of the NASA Space Shuttle and the 14th flight of Shuttle '' Columbia''. This flight was a multinational Spacelab flight involving 88 experiments from eleven different nations. The expe ...

''Columbia'' — April/May 1993 — Pilot —

mission :

STS-70 STS-70 was the 21st flight of the Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Discovery, ''Discovery'', and the last of 7 shuttle missions to carry a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). This was the first shuttle mission controlled from the new mission con ...

''Discovery'' — July 1995 — Commander — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) deployment :

STS-78 STS-78 was the fifth dedicated Life and Microgravity Spacelab mission for the Space Shuttle program, flown partly in preparation for the International Space Station project. The mission used the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'', which lifted off succe ...

''Columbia'' — June/July 1996 — Commander —

mission * Stephen S. Oswald (born 1951), U.S. Navy (3 flights) :

STS-42 STS-42 was a NASA Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Discovery, ''Discovery'' mission with the Spacelab module. Liftoff was originally scheduled for 8:45 Eastern Time Zone, EST (13:45 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC) on January 22, 1992, but the launc ...

''Discovery'' — January 1992 — Pilot —

mission :

STS-56 STS-56 was a NASA Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' mission to perform special experiments. It was Discovery's 16th flight. The mission was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on April 8, 1993. Crew Crew seat assignments Mission h ...

''Discovery'' — April 1993 — Pilot — Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2) operation :

STS-67 STS-67 was a human spaceflight mission using that launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on March 2, 1995. Crew Crew seat assignments Mission highlights Ultraviolet Imaging Experiments Astro-2 was the second dedicated Spacelab ...

''Endeavour'' — March 1995 — Commander —

mission *

Stephen Thorne Stephen John Thorne (2 March 1935 – 26 May 2019) was a British actor of radio, film, stage, and television. He was best known for his regular BBC Radio 4 work and audiobook recordings, and for his portrayals of a few ''Doctor Who'' villains, ...

(1953–1986), U.S. Navy :Died in an airplane accident before he could finish astronaut training.

Mission specialists

Jerome Apt Jerome "Jay" Apt III (born April 28, 1949) is an American astronaut and professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Before becoming an astronaut, Apt was a physicist who worked on the Pioneer Venus 1978 space probe project, and used visible light an ...

(born 1949), Physicist (4 flights) :

STS-37 STS-37, the thirty-ninth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the eighth flight of the Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'', was a six-day mission with the primary objective of launching the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO), the second of the Great Observ ...

''Atlantis'' — April 1991 — Mission Specialist —

Compton Gamma Ray Observatory The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) was a space observatory detecting photons with photon energy, energies from 20 kElectronvolt#Properties, eV to 30 GeV, in Earth orbit from 1991 to 2000. The observatory featured four main tel ...

(CGRO) deployment :

STS-47 STS-47 was NASA's 50th Space Shuttle mission of the Space Shuttle program, program, as well as the second mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, Space Shuttle ''Endeavour''. The mission mainly involved conducting experiments in life and mater ...

''Endeavour'' — September 1992 — Mission Specialist —

mission :

STS-59 STS-59 was a Space Shuttle program mission that took place in 1994. The launch was chronicled by the 1994 Discovery Channel special about the Space Shuttle program. Crew Crew seat assignments Mission highlights 9 April ''Endeavour'' b ...

''Endeavour'' — April 1994 — Mission Specialist —

Spaceborne Imaging Radar The Spaceborne Imaging Radar (SIR) – full name 'Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR)', is a synthetic aperture radar which flew on two separate shuttle missions. Once from the Space Shuttle Endeavour in A ...

-C (SIR-C) operation :

STS-79 STS-79 was the 17th flight of Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'', and the 79th mission of the Space Shuttle program. The flight saw ''Atlantis'' dock with the Russian space station ''Mir'' to deliver equipment, supplies and to exchange personnel partici ...

''Atlantis'' — September 1996 — Mission Specialist — first shuttle mission to a fully completed Mir space station * Charles D. Gemar (born 1955), U.S. Army (3 flights) :

STS-38 STS-38 was a Space Shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''. It was the 37th shuttle mission and carried a classified payload for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). It was the seventh flight for ''Atlantis'' and the seve ...

''Atlantis'' — November 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified

payload :

STS-48 STS-48 was a Space Shuttle mission that launched on September 12, 1991, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The orbiter was on her 13th flight. The primary payload was the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS). The mission landed on Septe ...

''Discovery'' — September 1991 — Mission Specialist —

Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) was a NASA-operated orbital observatory whose mission was to study the Earth's atmosphere, particularly the protective ozone layer. The satellite was deployed from Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shu ...

deployment :

STS-62 STS-62 was a Space Shuttle program mission flown aboard . The primary payloads were the USMP-02 microgravity experiments package and the OAST-2 engineering and technology payload, both in the orbiter's cargo bay. The two-week mission also featu ...

''Columbia'' — March 1994 — Mission Specialist — operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-2 (USMP-2) *

Linda M. Godwin Linda Maxine Godwin (born July 2, 1952) is an American scientist and retired NASA astronaut. Godwin joined NASA in 1980 and became an astronaut in July 1986. She retired in 2010. During her career, Godwin completed four space flights and logged ...

(born 1952), Scientist (4 flights) - Currently Assistant to the Director for Exploration, Flight Crew Operations Directorate at the

Johnson Space Center The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) is NASA's center for human spaceflight in Houston, Texas (originally named the Manned Spacecraft Center), where human spaceflight training, research, and flight controller, flight control are conducted. ...

''Atlantis'' — April 1991 — Mission Specialist —

(CGRO) deployment :

''Endeavour'' — April 1994 — Mission Specialist —

-C (SIR-C) operation :

STS-76 STS-76 was NASA's 76th Space Shuttle mission, and the 16th mission for Space Shuttle Atlantis, ''Atlantis''. STS-76 launched on 22 March 1996 at 08:13:04 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC from Kennedy Space Center, Kennedy Space Center Launch ...

''Atlantis'' — March 1996 — Mission Specialist — third Shuttle-Mir mission :

STS-108 STS-108 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Endeavour''. Its primary objective was to deliver supplies to and help maintain the ISS. STS-108 was the 12th shuttle flight to visit the In ...

''Endeavour'' — December 2001 — Mission Specialist —

crew rotation mission *

Richard Hieb Richard James Hieb (born September 21, 1955 in Jamestown, North Dakota) is a former NASA astronaut and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. He was a mission specialist on STS-39 and STS-49, and was a payload commander on STS-65. After leav ...

(born 1955), Engineer (3 flights) :

STS-39 STS-39 was the twelfth mission of the NASA Space Shuttle ''Discovery'', and the 40th orbital shuttle mission overall. The primary purpose of the mission was to conduct a variety of payload experiments for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). ...

''Discovery'' — April/May 1991 — Mission Specialist —

research mission :

STS-49 STS-49 was NASA's maiden flight of the Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'', which launched on May 7, 1992. The primary goal of its nine-day mission was to retrieve an Intelsat VI satellite, Intelsat 603, which failed to leave Low Earth orbit two yea ...

''Endeavour'' — May 1992 — Mission Specialist — Maiden flight of '' Endeavour,''

Intelsat 603 Intelsat 603 or IS-603, previously named Intelsat VI F-3, is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat. Launched in 1990, it was the second of five Intelsat VI satellites to be launched. The Intelsat VI series was constructed by Hughes Air ...

capture and redeployment to a correct orbit, first and only (as of 2019) EVA involving three astronauts : STS-65 ''Columbia'' — July 1994 — Mission Specialist — second International Microgravity Laboratory mission * Tamara E. Jernigan (born 1959), Scientist (5 flights) :

STS-40 STS-40, the eleventh launch of Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Columbia, ''Columbia'', was a nine-day mission in June 1991. It carried the Spacelab module for Spacelab Life Sciences 1 (SLS-1), the fifth Spacelab mission and the first dedicated sole ...

''Columbia'' — June 1991 — Mission Specialist — fifth

mission and the first dedicated solely to

biology Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It is a broad natural science that encompasses a wide range of fields and unifying principles that explain the structure, function, growth, History of life, origin, evolution, and ...

''Columbia'' — October/November 1992 — Mission Specialist —

-II deployment and operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1) :

''Endeavour'' — March 1995 — Mission Specialist —

mission :

STS-80 STS-80 was a Space Shuttle mission flown by Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle ''Columbia''. The launch was originally scheduled for October 31, 1996, but was delayed to November 19 for several reasons. Likewise, the landing, which was origin ...

''Columbia'' — November/December 1996 — Mission Specialist — Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer-

Shuttle Pallet Satellite The shuttle pallet satellite was a satellite bus designed to be deployed and then retrieved for return to Earth on NASA's Space Shuttle. It carried a variety of payloads both scientific and military in nature. It was made by Messerschmitt-Bölkow ...

II (ORFEUS-SPAS II) and Wake Shield Facility-3 deployment, operation as free-floating satellites and recapture :

STS-96 STS-96 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery'', and the first shuttle flight to dock at the International Space Station. It was Discovery's 26th flight. The shuttle carried the S ...

''Discovery'' — May/June 1999 — Mission Specialist —

assembly and logistics, first

flight to dock with the ISS *

Carl J. Meade Carl Joseph Meade (born November 16, 1950) is a former NASA astronaut. Personal life Meade was born on November 16, 1950, at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois. He is currently married with two sons. he resides in Canyon Country, California. Mead ...

(born 1950), U.S. Air Force (3 flights) :

''Atlantis'' — November 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified

payload :

STS-50 STS-50 (U.S. Microgravity Laboratory-1) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, the 12th mission of the ''Space Shuttle Columbia, Columbia'' orbiter. ''Columbia'' landed at Kennedy Space Center for the first time ever due to bad weather at Edwards ...

''Columbia'' — June/July 1992 — Mission Specialist — U.S. Microgravity Laboratory 1

mission :

STS-64 STS-64 was a Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Discovery, ''Discovery'' mission that was set to perform multiple experiment packages. It was Discovery's 19th flight. STS-64 was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 9 September 1994, and land ...

''Discovery'' — September 1994 — Mission Specialist —

Lidar Lidar (, also LIDAR, an acronym of "light detection and ranging" or "laser imaging, detection, and ranging") is a method for determining ranging, ranges by targeting an object or a surface with a laser and measuring the time for the reflected li ...

In-space Technology Experiment (LITE) operation and the last untethered U.S. extravehicular activity ( EVA) during the

program *

Pierre J. Thuot Pierre Joseph Thuot (; born May 19, 1955) is a retired United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut. He went into space three times, spending over 650 hours in space, including over 15 hours in three space walks. He is a former U.S. record hol ...

(born 1955), U.S. Navy (3 flights) :

STS-36 STS-36 was a NASA Space Shuttle program, Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle Atlantis, Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' carried a classified payload for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) (believed to have been a Misty (satellite), M ...

''Atlantis'' — February/March 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified

payload :

''Endeavour'' — May 1992 — Mission Specialist — Maiden flight of '' Endeavour,''

capture and redeployment to a correct orbit, first and only (as of 2019) EVA involving three astronauts :

''Columbia'' — March 1994 — Mission Specialist — operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-2 (USMP-2)

References

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