NASA Astronaut Group 9

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NASA Astronaut Group 9 was announced on May 29, 1980. There were 9 Pilots, 11 Mission Specialists, and 2 International Mission Specialists.

Pilots

STS-29 Discovery[1] - Pilot: Deployed TDRS-D
STS-33 Discovery[1] - Pilot: Was a classified United States Department of Defense mission
STS-43 Atlantis[1] - Commander: Deployed TDRS-E
STS-58 Columbia[1] - Commander: Spacelab: SLS-2
STS-79 Atlantis[1] - Mission Specialist 4: Launched for long duration flight aboard Mir
Mir EO-22: Board Engineer 2[1]
STS-81 Atlantis[1] - Mission Specialist 4: Landed from long duration flight aboard Mir
STS-61-C Columbia[2] - Pilot: Deployed Ku-1 communications satellite
STS-31 Discovery[2] - Pilot: Deployed the Hubble Space Telescope
STS-45 Atlantis[2] - Commander: ATLAS-1
STS-60 Discovery[2] - Commander: Spacehab 2
STS-51-F Challenger[3] - Pilot: Spacelab 2
STS-27 Atlantis[4] - Pilot: Was a classified United States Department of Defense mission
STS-35 Columbia[4] - Pilot: ASTRO-1
STS-51-J Atlantis[5] - Pilot: Was a classified United States Department of Defense mission
STS-30 Atlantis[5] - Pilot: Deployed the Magellan probe
STS-42 Discovery[5] - Commander: Spacelab: IML-1
STS-57 Endeavour[5] - Commander: Spacehab
STS-61-B Atlantis[6] - Pilot: Deployed 3 communication satellites
STS-40 Columbia[6] - Commander: Spacelab: SLS-1
STS-28 Columbia[7] - Pilot: Was a classified United States Department of Defense mission
STS-41 Discovery[7] - Commander: Deployed the Ulysses (spacecraft)
STS-50 Columbia[7] - Commander: Spacelab: U.S. Microgravity Laboratory 1
STS-64 Discovery[7] - Commander: Lidar In-space Technology Experiment (LITE)
STS-51-L Challenger[8] - Pilot: Planned to Deploy TDRS-B

Mission Specialists

STS-29 Discovery[9] - Mission Specialist 1: Deployed TDRS-D
STS-40 Columbia[9] - Mission Specialist 1: Spacelab: SLS-1
STS-61-C Columbia[10] - Mission Specialist 1: Deployed Ku-1 communications satellite
STS-34 Atlantis[10] - Mission Specialist 1: Deployed the Galileo probe
STS-46 Atlantis[10] - Mission Specialist 2: Deployed ESA’s European Retrievable Carrier and flew the Tethered Satellite System’s TSS-1 mission
STS-60 Discovery[10] - Mission Specialist 3: Spacehab 2
STS-75 Columbia[10] - Mission Specialist 4/Payload Commander: The Tethered Satellite System’s TSS-1R mission
STS-91 Discovery[10] - Mission Specialist 2: Final Shuttle/Mir mission
STS-111 Endeavour[10] - Mission Specialist 1: Installed the Mobile Base System for Canadarm2 on the ISS
STS-61-B Atlantis[11] - Mission Specialist 1: Deployed 3 communication satellites
STS-30 Atlantis[11] - Mission Specialist 2: Deployed the Magellan probe
STS-61-A Challenger[12] - Mission Specialist 1: Spacelab D1
STS-32 Columbia[12] - Mission Specialist 1: Deployed the SYNCOM IV-F5 satellite; retrieved the Long Duration Exposure Facility
STS-50 Columbia[12] - Mission Specialist 1: Spacelab: U.S. Microgravity Laboratory 1
STS-71 Atlantis[12] - Mission Specialist 3: First Shuttle/Mir docking
STS-89 Endeavour[12] - Mission Specialist 3: Eighth Shuttle/Mir docking
STS-51-I Discovery[13] - Mission Specialist 3: Deployed three communications satellites
STS-51-J Atlantis[14] - Mission Specialist 1: Was a classified United States Department of Defense mission
STS-26 Discovery[14] - Mission Specialist 3: Was the "Return-to-Flight" shuttle mission following the Challenger disaster; deployed TDRS-C
STS-36 Atlantis[14] - Mission Specialist 2: Was a classified United States Department of Defense mission
STS-42 Discovery[14] - Mission Specialist 2: Spacelab: IML-1
STS-41-G Challenger[15] - Mission Specialist 3: Deployed the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
STS-28 Columbia[15] - Mission Specialist 2: Was a classified United States Department of Defense mission
STS-45 Atlantis[15] - Mission Specialist 2: ATLAS-1
STS-51-I Discovery[16] - Mission Specialist 2: Deployed three communications satellites
STS-26 Discovery[16] - Mission Specialist 1: Was the "Return-to-Flight" shuttle mission following the Challenger disaster; deployed TDRS-C
STS-35 Columbia[16] - Mission Specialist 2: ASTRO-1
STS-61-B Atlantis[17] - Mission Specialist 2: Deployed 3 communication satellites
STS-27 Atlantis[17] - Mission Specialist 2: Was a classified United States Department of Defense mission
STS-37 Atlantis[17] - Mission Specialist 1: Launched the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
STS-55 Columbia[17] - Mission Specialist 1: Spacelab: D2
STS-74 Atlantis[17] - Mission Specialist 2: Second Shuttle/Mir docking
STS-88 Endeavour[17] - Mission Specialist 1: First shuttle mission to the International Space Station; delivered Unity (Node 1) and the first two Pressurized Mating Adapters
STS-110 Atlantis[17] - Mission Specialist 1: Delivered the S0 Truss and the Mobile Transporter for Canadarm2
STS-61-B Atlantis[18] - Mission Specialist 3: Deployed 3 communication satellites
STS-29 Discovery[19] - Mission Specialist 3: Deployed TDRS-D
STS-38 Atlantis[19] - Mission Specialist 1: Was a classified United States Department of Defense mission

International Mission Specialists

STS-46 Atlantis[20] - Mission Specialist 3: Deployed ESA’s European Retrievable Carrier and flew the Tethered Satellite System’s TSS-1 mission
STS-61 Endeavour[20] - Mission Specialist 3: Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 1
STS-75 Columbia[20] - Mission Specialist 3: The Tethered Satellite System’s TSS-1R mission
STS-103 Discovery[20] - Mission Specialist 5: Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 3A
STS-61-A Challenger[21] - Payload Specialist 3: Spacelab: D1

See also

Astronaut
List of astronauts by name
List of astronauts by selection
List of space travelers by name
List of space travelers by nationality
NASA Astronaut Groups

References

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  12. ^ a b c d e f NASA (2005). "Astronaut Bio: Bonnie J. Dunbar". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/dunbar.html. Retrieved 2010-03-05. 
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  14. ^ a b c d e NASA (1993). "Astronaut Bio: David C. Hilmers". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/hilmers-dc.html. Retrieved 2010-03-05. 
  15. ^ a b c d NASA (2006). "Astronaut Bio: David C. Leestma". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/leestma.html. Retrieved 2010-03-05. 
  16. ^ a b c d NASA (2006). "Astronaut Bio: John M. Lounge". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lounge-jm.html. Retrieved 2010-03-05. 
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h NASA (2008). "Astronaut Bio: Jerry L. Ross". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ross.html. Retrieved 2010-03-05. 
  18. ^ a b NASA (1994). "Astronaut Bio: Sherwood C. Spring". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/spring-sc.html. Retrieved 2010-03-05. 
  19. ^ a b c NASA (2006). "Astronaut Bio: Robert C. Springer". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/springer.html. Retrieved 2010-03-05. [dead link]
  20. ^ a b c d e NASA (2007). "Astronaut Bio: Claude Nicollier". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/nicollie.html. Retrieved 2010-03-05. 
  21. ^ a b NASA (1986). "Astronaut Bio: Wubbo J. Ockels". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ockels-wj.html. Retrieved 2010-03-05. 

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NASA Astronaut Group 9
Pilots
Mission Specialists
International Mission Specialists