NASA Astronaut Group 13 (the Hairballs) was a group of 23 astronauts announced by

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 ...

on 17 January 1990. The group name came from its selection of a black cat as a mascot, to play against the traditional unlucky connotations of the number 13.

Pilots

Kenneth Cockrell Kenneth Dale "Taco" Cockrell (born April 9, 1950) is a retired American astronaut, engineer and a veteran of five Space Shuttle missions. He served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1997 to 1998. Pre-NASA career Cockrell was born in Austin, ...

(born 1950), U.S. Navy (5 flights) :

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 ...

(Science Mission; Flew as a Mission specialist) :

STS-69 STS-69 was a Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'' mission, and the second flight of the Wake Shield Facility (WSF). The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 7 September 1995. It was the 100th successful crewed NASA spaceflight, not inc ...

(2nd flight of the

Wake Shield Facility Wake or The Wake may refer to: Culture *Wake (ceremony), a ritual which takes place during some funeral ceremonies *Wakes week, an English holiday tradition * Parish Wake, another name of the Welsh ', the fairs held on the local parish's patron s ...

) :

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 ...

(3rd flight of the

) :

STS-98 STS-98 was a 2001 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis, Space Shuttle '' Atlantis''. It was the first human spaceflight launch of the 21st century. STS-98 delivered to the station the Dest ...

( ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the

Destiny Laboratory Module The ''Destiny'' module, also known as the U.S. Lab, is the primary operating facility for U.S. research payloads aboard the International Space Station (ISS). It was berthed to the forward port of the '' Unity'' module and activated over a peri ...

) :

STS-111 STS-111 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle ''Endeavour''. STS-111 resupplied the station and replaced the Expedition 4 crew with the Expedition 5 crew. It was launched on 5 June 2002, fr ...

( ISS Resupply Mission; Launched

Expedition 5 Expedition 5 was the fifth long-duration stay on the International Space Station (ISS). The crew, consisting of three people, remained in space for 184 days, 178 of which were spent aboard the ISS. Expedition 5 was a continuation of an uninterru ...

) *

Eileen Collins Eileen Marie Collins (born 19 November 1956) is an American retired NASA astronaut and Air Force colonel. A flight instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle and the first to command a Space Shuttle missio ...

(born 1956), U.S. Air Force (4 flights) :

STS-63 STS-63 was the second mission of the U.S.-Russian Shuttle–Mir program and the 20th flight of . Dubbed the "Near-Mir" mission, it achieved the first rendezvous between an American Space Shuttle and Russia's space station, ''Mir''. Discovery li ...

( Shuttle-Mir Mission; became the first female pilot of a U.S. Spacecraft) : STS-84 ( Shuttle-Mir Mission) :

STS-93 STS-93 in 1999 marked the 95th launch of the Space Shuttle, the 26th launch of Space Shuttle Columbia, ''Columbia'', and the 21st night launch of a Space Shuttle. Eileen Collins became the first female shuttle Commander on this flight. Its prima ...

(Deployed

Chandra X-Ray Observatory The Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO), previously known as the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), is a Flagship-class space telescope launched aboard the during STS-93 by NASA on July 23, 1999. Chandra is sensitive to X-ray sources ...

; became the first female commander of a U.S. Spacecraft) :

STS-114 STS-114 was the first "Return to Flight" Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster. ''Discovery'' launched at 10:39 EDT (14:39 UTC) on her 31st flight on July 26, 2005. The launch, 907 days (approx. 29 months) a ...

( Return to Flight) * William G. Gregory (born 1957), U.S. Air Force (1 flight) :

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 ...

(2nd flight of the ASTRO telescope) * James D. Halsell (born 1956), U.S. Air Force (5 flights) : STS-65 (Science Mission) :

STS-74 STS-74 was the fourth mission of the US/Russian Shuttle–''Mir'' program, and the second docking of the Space Shuttle with '' Mir''. Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' lifted off from Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39A on 12 November 1995. The miss ...

( Shuttle-Mir Mission) : STS-83 (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems) : STS-94 (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83) :

STS-101 STS-101 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Atlantis''. The mission was a 10-day mission conducted between 19 May 2000 and 29 May 2000. The mission was designated 2A.2a and was a resuppl ...

( ISS Supply Mission) * Charles J. Precourt (born 1955), U.S. Air Force (4 flights) : STS-55 (

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

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-71 As the third mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, STS-71 became the first Space Shuttle to dock with the Russian space station ''Mir''. STS-71 began on June 27, 1995, with the launch of Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' from launchpad 39A ...

( Shuttle-Mir Mission) : STS-84 ( Shuttle-Mir Mission) :

STS-91 STS-91 was the 24th flight of Discovery, and the final Space Shuttle mission to the '' Mir'' space station. It was flown by Space Shuttle ''Discovery'', and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 2 June 1998. Crew Crew seat assignme ...

( Shuttle-Mir Mission) * Richard A. Searfoss (1956-2018), U.S. Air Force (3 flights) : STS-58 (Science Mission) :

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 ...

( Shuttle-Mir Mission) :

STS-90 STS-90 was a 1998 Space Shuttle mission flown by the Space Shuttle ''Columbia''. The 16-day mission marked the last flight of the European Space Agency's Spacelab laboratory module, which had first flown on ''Columbia'' on STS-9, and was also th ...

(Science Mission) * Terrence W. Wilcutt (born 1949), U.S. Marine Corps (4 flights) : STS-68 (Science Mission) :

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 ...

( Shuttle-Mir Mission) :

STS-89 STS-89 was a Space Shuttle mission to the ''Mir'' space station flown by Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Endeavour, ''Endeavour'', and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 22 January 1998. Crew Crew notes STS-89 was originally scheduled ...

( Shuttle-Mir Mission) :

STS-106 STS-106 was a 2000 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''. Crew Spacewalks * '' Lu and Malenchenko '' – EVA 1 *EVA 1 Start: 11 September 2000 – 04:47 UTC *EVA 1 End: 11 Septembe ...

( ISS Supply Mission)

Mission specialists

* Daniel W. Bursch (born 1957), U.S. Navy (4 flights) :

STS-51 STS-51 was a NASA Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Discovery, ''Discovery'' mission that launched the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) in September 1993. Discovery's 17th flight also featured the deployment and retrieval of the S ...

(Launched the ACTS satellite) : STS-68 (Science Mission) :

STS-77 STS-77 was the 77th Space Shuttle mission and the 11th mission of the Space Shuttle ''Endeavour''. The mission began from launch pad 39B from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 19 May 1996 lasting 10 days and 40 minutes and completing 161 revolut ...

(Spartan-207) :

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 ...

( ISS Resupply Mission) : ISS

Expedition 4 Expedition 4 was the fourth expedition to the International Space Station (7 December 2001 – 15 June 2002). Crew Mission parameters * Perigee: 384 km * Apogee: 396 km * Inclination: 51.6° * Period: 92 min Mission objectives The ...

(6 month mission to the ISS) :

(The mission landed

) *

Leroy Chiao Leroy Russel Chiao (; born August 28, 1960) is an American chemical engineer, retired NASA astronaut, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and engineering consultant. Chiao flew on three Space Shuttle flights, and was the commander of Expedition ...

(born 1960), Engineer (4 flights) : STS-65 (Science 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 ...

(Returned Japan's Space Flyer Unit) :

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 ...

( ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Z1 Truss Segment and

PMA-3 PMA-3 may refer to: * PMA-3 mine, a Yugoslavian anti-personnel mine * Pressurized Mating Adapter-3, a spacecraft adapter used in the International Space Station {{disambiguation ...

) : Soyuz TMA-5 (The launch and landing vehicle of

Expedition 10 Expedition 10 (2004–2005) was the tenth expedition to the International Space Station, using the Soyuz TMA-5, which stayed during the expedition for emergency evacuation. Crew Mission parameters *Perigee: 384 km *Apogee: 396 ...

) : ISS

(6 month mission to the ISS) * Michael R. Clifford (1952-2021), U.S. Army (3 flights) :

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 ...

(Classified DoD 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 ...

(Science Mission) :

( Shuttle-Mir Mission) * Nancy J. Currie (born 1958), U.S. Army (4 flights) :

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 ...

(Science 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 ...

(Launched TDRS 7) :

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 ...

( ISS Assembly Mission - Launched Unity (Node 1),

PMA-1 A Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA) is a component used on the International Space Station (ISS) to convert the Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) interface used to connect ISS modules to an APAS-95 spacecraft docking port. Three PMAs are attached t ...

, and

PMA-2 A Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA) is a component used on the International Space Station (ISS) to convert the Common Berthing Mechanism (CBM) interface used to connect ISS modules to an Androgynous Peripheral Attach System#APAS-95, APAS-95 spac ...

) :

STS-109 STS-109 (SM3B) was a Space Shuttle mission that launched from the Kennedy Space Center on 1 March 2002. It was the 108th mission of the Space Shuttle program, the 27th flight of the orbiter ''Space Shuttle Columbia, Columbia'' and the fourth serv ...

(

Hubble Space Telescope The Hubble Space Telescope (HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the Orbiting Solar Observatory, first space telescope, but it is one of the largest and most ...

Servicing Mission; ''Columbia's'' last successful flight) * Bernard A. Harris, Jr. (born 1956), Physician (2 flights) : STS-55 (

Mission) :

( Shuttle-Mir Mission) * Susan J. Helms (born 1958), U.S. Air Force (5 flights) :

STS-54 STS-54 was a NASA ''Space Transportation System'' (Space Shuttle) mission using Space Shuttle ''Endeavour''. This was the third flight for ''Endeavour'', and was launched on January 13, 1993 with Endeavour returning to the Kennedy Space Center ...

(Launched TDRS 6) :

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 ...

(Science Mission) :

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 ...

(Science Mission) :

( ISS Supply Mission) :

STS-102 STS-102 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery'' and launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. STS-102 flew in March 2001; its primary objectives were resupplying the ISS and ...

(The mission launched

Expedition 2 Expedition 2 (also called ISS EO-2) was the second long-duration spaceflight aboard the International Space Station, immediately following Expedition 1. Its three-person crew stayed aboard the station from March to August 2001. In addition to st ...

) : ISS

(6 month mission to the ISS) :

STS-105 STS-105 was the 30th mission of Space Shuttle ''Discovery'', in which Discovery went to the International Space Station. It launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 10 August 2001. This mission was ''Discoverys final mission until STS ...

(The mission landed

) * Thomas D. Jones (born 1955), U.S. Air Force (4 flights) :

(Science Mission) : STS-68 (Science Mission) :

(3rd flight of the

) :

( ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the

) * William S. McArthur (born 1951), U.S. Army (4 flights) : STS-58 (Science Mission) :

( Shuttle-Mir Mission) :

( ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Z1 Truss Segment and

PMA-3 PMA-3 may refer to: * PMA-3 mine, a Yugoslavian anti-personnel mine * Pressurized Mating Adapter-3, a spacecraft adapter used in the International Space Station {{disambiguation ...

) : Soyuz TMA-7 (The launch and landing vehicle of Expedition 12) : ISS Expedition 12 (6 month mission to the ISS; was the Expedition 12 CDR) * James H. Newman (born 1956), Physicist (4 flights) :

(Launched the ACTS satellite) :

(2nd flight of the

) :

( ISS Assembly Mission - Launched Unity (Node 1),

, and

) :

(

Servicing Mission; ''Columbia's'' last successful flight) *

Ellen Ochoa Ellen Ochoa (born May 10, 1958) is an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center. In 1993, Ochoa became the first Latina woman to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shutt ...

(born 1958), Engineer (4 flights) :

(Science Mission) : STS-66 (Science Mission - ATLAS-03) :

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 ...

( ISS Supply Mission) :

STS-110 STS-110 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on 8–19 April 2002 flown by Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''. The main purpose was to install the S0 Truss segment, which forms the backbone of the truss structure on the ...

(Launched the S0 Truss Segment) * Ronald M. Sega (born 1952), U.S. Air Force (2 flights) :

STS-60 STS-60 was the first mission of the U.S./Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, and the 18th flight of Discovery, in which Sergei K. Krikalev became the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard a Space Shuttle. The mission used NASA Space Shuttle ''Disc ...

( Shuttle-Mir Mission) :

( Shuttle-Mir Mission) * Donald A. Thomas (born 1955), Engineer (4 flights) : STS-65 (Science Mission) :

(Launched TDRS 7) : STS-83 (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems) : STS-94 (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83) * Janice E. Voss (1956-2012), Engineer (5 flights) :

(Science Mission) :

( Shuttle-Mir Mission) : STS-83 (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems) : STS-94 (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83) :

STS-99 STS-99 was a Space Shuttle mission using ''Endeavour'', that launched on 11 February 2000 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The primary objective of the mission was the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) project. This was also the last s ...

(

Shuttle Radar Topography Mission The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) is an international research effort that obtained digital elevation models on a near-global scale from 56th parallel south, 56°S to 60th parallel north, 60°N, to generate the most complete high-resol ...

) * Carl Walz (1955), Physicist (5 flights) :

(Satellite deployment Astronomy) : STS-65 (Micro-gravity research) :

( Shuttle-Mir Mission) :

(Crew rotation to the International Space Station ISS) : ISS

(6 month mission to the ISS) :

(Crew rotation to the International Space Station ISS) * Peter Wisoff (1958), Physicist (4 flights) :

(1st flight of Spacehab - Satellite retrieval) : STS-68 (Space Radar Lab-2 (SRL-2) ) :

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 ...

( Shuttle-Mir Mission) :

(delivered the Z1 truss and Pressurized Mating Adapter 3 to the International Space Station ISS) * David Wolf (1956), Medical Doctor, Engineer, Inventor (5 flights) : STS-58 (Spacelab Life Sciences 2) :

STS-86 STS-86 was a Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' mission to the ''Mir'' space station. This was the last ''Atlantis'' mission before it was taken out of service temporarily for maintenance and upgrades, including the glass cockpit. Crew Spacewalk *' ...

( Shuttle-Mir Mission) :

STS-112 STS-112 (ISS assembly sequence, ISS assembly flight 9A) was an 11-day Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by . Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' was launched on 7 October 2002 at 19:45 UTC from the Kennedy Space Center's ...

(delivered the S1 truss segment to the International Space Station ISS) :

STS-127 STS-127 (Assembly of the International Space Station, ISS assembly flight 2J/A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). It was the twenty-third flight of . The primary purpose of the STS-127 mission was to deliv ...

(install the final two components of the Japanese Experiment Module)

References

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