NASA Astronaut Group 10

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The Astronauts of Group 10
Year selected1984
Number selected17
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NASA Astronaut Group 10 (nicknamed "The Maggots" [1] ) was a group of 17 astronauts that were announced on May 23, 1984 and consisted of seven pilots and ten mission specialists. [2] Although selected in 1984, no member of the group would fly until 1988 (William Shepherd on STS-27) due to the Challenger disaster and the resulting grounding of the Space Shuttle fleet.

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Achievements

Of this group, several spaceflight firsts were achieved:

Group members

Pilots

STS-37 Atlantis — April 1991 — Pilot — Compton Gamma Ray Observatory deployment
STS-56 Discovery — April 1993 — Commander — ATLAS-2, solar observation experiments, first radio contact between the Space Shuttle and Mir
STS-74 Atlantis — November 1995 — Commander — Second Mir docking, fourth Shuttle-Mir mission
STS-36 Atlantis — February 1990 — Pilot — Classified United States Department of Defense mission, deployed USA-53 (Misty)
STS-54 Endeavour — January 1993 — Commander — TDRS-6 deployment
STS-62 Columbia — March 1994 — Commander — USMP-02 microgravity experiment package and OAST-2 payload
STS-77 Endeavour — May 1996 — Commander — SPACEHAB mission
STS-38 Atlantis — November 1990 — Pilot — Classified United States Department of Defense mission, spy satellite deployment
STS-51 Discovery — September 1993 — Commander — Advanced Communications Technology Satellite deployment
STS-105 Discovery — August 2001 — Mission Specialist — International Space Station mission, crew rotation and delivery of MPLM Leonardo
ISS Expedition 3 — August–December 2001 — Commander
STS-108 Endeavour — December 2001 — Mission Specialist — International Space Station mission, crew rotation and delivery of MPLM Raffaello
STS-40 Columbia — June 1991 — Pilot — Spacelab mission
STS-59 Endeavour — April 1994 — Commander — SRL-1 radar observations
STS-39 Discovery — April 1991 — Pilot — First unclassified United States Department of Defense mission
STS-64 Discovery — September 1994 — Pilot — Earth and solar observations, first untethered spacewalk since STS-51-A
STS-34 Atlantis — October 1989 — Pilot — Deployment of Galileo orbiter and probe to Jupiter
STS-32 Columbia — January 1990 — Pilot — Long Duration Exposure Facility retrieval, deployment of SYNCOM IV-F5
STS-52 Columbia — October 1992 — Commander — LAGEOS-II deployment, USMP-01 microgravity experiment package
STS-63 Discovery — February 1995 — Commander — First rendezvous of the Space Shuttle and Mir, second Shuttle-Mir mission, first Shuttle mission with female Pilot
STS-86 Atlantis — September 1997 — Commander — Seventh Mir docking
STS-102 Discovery — March 2001 — Commander — International Space Station mission, crew rotation and delivery of MPLM Leonardo
STS-113 Endeavour — November 2002 — Commander — International Space Station mission, crew rotation and installment of P1 truss, last successful Shuttle mission before the Columbia disaster

Mission Specialists

STS-28 Columbia — August 1989 — Mission Specialist — Classified United States Department of Defense mission, USA-40 and USA-41 deployments
STS-43 Atlantis — August 1991 — Mission Specialist — TDRS-5 deployment
STS-34 Atlantis — October 1989 — Mission Specialist — Deployment of Galileo orbiter and probe to Jupiter
STS-50 Columbia — June 1992 — Mission Specialist — USML-1 microgravity laboratory mission, first use of Extended Duration Orbiter package and first landing of Columbia at Kennedy Space Center
STS-71 Atlantis — June 1995 — Mission Specialist — First docking with Mir, third Shuttle-Mir mission, Mir crew rotation
STS-28 Columbia — August 1989 — Mission Specialist — Classified United States Department of Defense mission, USA-40 and USA-41 deployments
STS-48 Discovery — September 1991 — Mission Specialist — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite deployment
STS-33 Discovery — November 1989 — Mission Specialist — Classified United States Department of Defense mission, USA-48 deployment, first night launch since Challenger disaster
STS-32 Columbia — January 1990 — Mission Specialist — Long Duration Exposure Facility retrieval, deployment of SYNCOM IV-F5
STS-46 Atlantis — July 1992 — Mission Specialist — European Retrievable Carrier deployment, tethered satellite experiments
STS-62 Columbia — March 1994 — Mission Specialist — USMP-02 microgravity experiment package and OAST-2 payload
STS-81 Atlantis — January 1997 — Mission Specialist — Third Mir docking, fifth Shuttle-Mir mission, Mir crew rotation
STS-98 Atlantis — February 2001 — Mission Specialist — International Space Station mission, installment of Destiny Laboratory Module
STS-30 Atlantis — May 1989 — Mission Specialist — Deployment of Magellan probe to Venus
STS-47 Endeavour — September 1992 — Payload Commander — Spacelab mission, first Japanese astronaut to fly on the Shuttle, first African-American woman in space, first married couple in space
STS-64 Discovery — September 1994 — Mission Specialist — Earth and solar observations, first untethered spacewalk since STS-51-A
STS-82 Discovery — February 1997 — Mission Specialist — Second Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission
STS-32 Columbia — January 1990 — Mission Specialist — Long Duration Exposure Facility retrieval, deployment of SYNCOM IV-F5
STS-43 Atlantis — August 1991 — Mission Specialist — TDRS-5 deployment
STS-57 Endeavour — June 1993 — Mission Specialist — European Retrievable Carrier retrieval, SPACEHAB mission
STS-27 Atlantis — December 1988 — Mission Specialist — Classified United States Department of Defense mission, USA-34 (Lacrosse-1) deployment
STS-41 Discovery — October 1990 — Mission Specialist — Deployment of Ulysses probe into polar orbit of the Sun
STS-52 Columbia — October 1992 — Mission Specialist — LAGEOS-II deployment, USMP-01 microgravity experiment package
Soyuz TM-31 — October 2000 — Flight Engineer — First Soyuz spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station
ISS Expedition 1 — November 2000–March 2001 — Commander — First long-duration International Space Station crew
STS-102 Discovery — March 2001 — Mission Specialist — International Space Station mission, crew rotation and delivery of MPLM Leonardo
STS-33 Discovery — November 1989 — Mission Specialist — Classified United States Department of Defense mission, USA-48 deployment, first night launch since Challenger disaster
STS-49 Endeavour — May 1992 — Mission Specialist — Maiden flight of Endeavour , Intelsat 603 retrieval and relaunch
STS-61 Endeavour — December 1993 — Mission Specialist — First Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission
STS-73 Columbia — October 1995 — Mission Specialist — USML-2 microgravity laboratory mission
STS-39 Discovery — April 1991 — Mission Specialist — First unclassified United States Department of Defense mission
STS-52 Columbia — October 1992 — Mission Specialist — LAGEOS-II deployment, USMP-01 microgravity experiment package

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