NASA Astronaut Group 11 was a group of 13

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeedin ...

astronauts announced on 4 June 1985.

Group members

Pilots

Michael A. Baker Michael Allen Baker (born October 27, 1953) is a retired captain in the United States Navy, former NASA astronaut, and the International Space Station Program Manager for International and Crew Operations, at NASA's Johnson Space Center. He is r ...

(born 1953), U.S. Navy (4 flights) : STS-43 ''Atlantis'' — August 1991 — Pilot —

Tracking and Data Relay Satellite A tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) is a type of communications satellite that forms part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) used by NASA and other United States government agencies for communications to and fr ...

deployment :

STS-52 STS-52 was a '' Space Transportation System'' ( NASA Space Shuttle) mission using Space Shuttle ''Columbia'', and was launched on October 22, 1992. Crew Backup crew Mission highlights Primary mission objectives were deployment of ...

''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 satel ...

-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 30 September 1994. Crew Launch Launch 30 September 1994 at 7:16:00.068 am EDT from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39-A. The Launch windo ...

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

STS-81 STS-81 was a January 1997 Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' mission to the Mir space station. Crew Mission highlights STS-81 was the fifth of nine planned missions to Mir and the second one involving an exchange of U.S. astronauts. Astronaut John B ...

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

Robert D. Cabana Robert Donald Cabana (born January 23, 1949) is the Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a NASA astronaut (currently as a non-flight eligible management astronaut), and a veteran of four Space Shuttl ...

(born 1949), U.S. Marine Corps (4 flights) - Currently NASA Associate Administrator : STS-41 ''Discovery'' — October 1990 — Pilot — ''Ulysses'' probe deployment : STS-53 ''Discovery'' — December 1992 — Pilot — classified

United States Department of Defense The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national sec ...

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 ''Endeavour'', and took the first American module, the ''Unity'' node, to the station. The seven-day mission was highlighted by ...

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

Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially 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. Its official program n ...

mission to the

ISS The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA (J ...

* 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 Backup crew Cr ...

''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 21 June 1993 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Crew Spacewalk * '' Low and Wisoff '' – EVA 1 * EVA 1 Start: 25 June 1993 * EVA 1 End: 25 June 1993 * Duration: 5 ...

''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 s ...

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 S ...

''Endeavour'' — January 1996 — Commander — capture and return of Space Flyer Unit (SFU) : STS-92 ''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 Backup crew Crew seating arrangements Mission highlights The launch wa ...

''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 exper ...

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

mission : STS-70 ''Discovery'' — July 1995 — Commander —

(TDRS) deployment : STS-78 ''Columbia'' — June/July 1996 — Commander —

mission *

Stephen S. Oswald Stephen Scot Oswald (born June 30, 1951) is an American former pilot and NASA astronaut. Early life and education Born June 30, 1951, in Seattle, Washington, but considers Bellingham, Washington, to be his hometown. He graduated from Bellingham ...

(born 1951), U.S. Navy (3 flights) :

STS-42 STS-42 was a NASA Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' mission with the Spacelab module. Liftoff was originally scheduled for 8:45 EST (13:45 UTC) on January 22, 1992, but the launch was delayed due to weather constraints. ''Discovery'' successfully ...

''Discovery'' — January 1992 — Pilot —

mission :

STS-56 STS-56 was a NASA Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' mission to perform special experiments. The mission was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on April 8, 1993. Crew Mission highlights The primary payload of the flight was the A ...

''Discovery'' — April 1993 — Pilot — Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2) operation : STS-67 ''Endeavour'' — March 1995 — Commander —

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

Mission specialists

* Jerome Apt (born 1949), Physicist (4 flights) : STS-37 ''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 tele ...

(CGRO) deployment :

STS-47 STS-47 was the 50th NASA Space Shuttle mission of the program, as well as the second mission of the Space Shuttle ''Endeavour''. The mission mainly involved conducting experiments in life and material sciences inside Spacelab-J, a collaborati ...

''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 Mission highlights 9 April ''Endeavour'' began its sixth mission on t ...

''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 Ap ...

-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 relief personnel. A variety of sc ...

''Atlantis'' — September 1996 — Mission Specialist — first shuttle mission to a fully completed Mir space station *

Charles D. Gemar Charles Donald "Sam" Gemar (born August 4, 1955) is an American former astronaut with NASA and a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army. Gemar has flown on three Space Shuttle missions ( STS-38, STS-48 and STS-62). Gemar has completed 385 ...

(born 1955), U.S. Army (3 flights) : STS-38 ''Atlantis'' — November 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified

payload : STS-48 ''Discovery'' — September 1991 — Mission Specialist — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite 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 Ph.D. (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 ...

(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 (originally named the Manned Spacecraft Center), where human spaceflight training, research, and flight control are conducted. It was renamed in honor of the late ...

: STS-37 ''Atlantis'' — April 1991 — Mission Specialist —

(CGRO) deployment :

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

-C (SIR-C) operation : STS-76 ''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 ...

''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 lea ...

(born 1955), Engineer (3 flights) : STS-39 ''Discovery'' — April/May 1991 — Mission Specialist —

research mission :

STS-49 STS-49 was the NASA 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 y ...

''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 Tamara Elizabeth "Tammy" Jernigan (born May 7, 1959) is an American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut. During her career she completed five Space Shuttle program missions (three on ''Columbia'' and one each on '' Endeavour'' and ''Discov ...

(born 1959), Scientist (5 flights) :

STS-40 STS-40, the eleventh launch of Space Shuttle ''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 solely to biology. STS-40 w ...

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

mission and the first dedicated solely to

biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary ...

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

-II deployment and operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1) : STS-67 ''Endeavour'' — March 1995 — Mission Specialist —

mission :

STS-80 STS-80 was a Space Shuttle mission flown by Space Shuttle ''Columbia''. The launch was originally scheduled for 31 October 1996, but was delayed to 19 November for several reasons. Likewise, the landing, which was originally scheduled for 5 Dec ...

''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 The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 19 ...

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. The shuttle carried the Spacehab module in the payload, ...

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

assembly and logistics, first

flight to dock with the ISS * Carl J. Meade (born 1950), U.S. Air Force (3 flights) : STS-38 ''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 ''Columbia'' orbiter. ''Columbia'' landed at Kennedy Space Center for the first time ever due to bad weather at Edwards Air Force Base caused by ...

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

mission :

STS-64 STS-64 was a Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' mission that was set to perform multiple experiment packages. STS-64 was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 9 September 1994, and landed back on 20 September 1994 at Edwards Air Force Base. ...

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

Lidar Lidar (, also LIDAR, or LiDAR; sometimes LADAR) is a method for determining ranges (variable distance) by targeting an object or a surface with a laser and measuring the time for the reflected light to return to the receiver. It can also be ...

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

program * Pierre J. Thuot (born 1955), U.S. Navy (3 flights) :

STS-36 STS-36 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' carried a classified payload for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) (believed to have been a Misty reconnaissance satellite) into orbit. STS-36 was the 34th ...

''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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