NASA Astronaut Group 11

NASA Astronaut Group 11
The Astronauts of Group 11
Year selected	1985
Number selected	13
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NASA Astronaut Group 11 was a group of 13 NASA astronauts announced on 4 June 1985. ^[1]

Group members

Pilots

• Michael A. Baker (born 1953), U.S. Navy (4 flights) ^[2]

STS-43 Atlantis — August 1991 — Pilot — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite deployment ^[3]

STS-52 Columbia — October/November 1992 — Pilot — LAGEOS-II deployment and operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1) ^[4]

STS-68 Endeavour — September/October 1994 — Commander — Radar imaging ^[5]

STS-81 Atlantis — January 1997 — Commander — fifth Shuttle-Mir mission ^[6]

• Robert D. Cabana (born 1949), U.S. Marine Corps (4 flights) ^[7] - NASA Associate Administrator (2021-2023)

STS-41 Discovery — October 1990 — Pilot — Ulysses probe deployment ^[8]

STS-53 Discovery — December 1992 — Pilot — classified United States Department of Defense payload ^[9]

STS-65 Columbia — July 1994 — Commander — second International Microgravity Laboratory mission ^[10]

STS-88 Endeavour — December 1998 — Commander — first Space Shuttle mission to the ISS ^[11]

• Brian Duffy (born 1953), U.S. Air Force (4 flights) ^[12]

STS-45 Atlantis — March/April 1992 — Pilot — Spacelab mission ^[13]

STS-57 Endeavour — June/July 1993 — Pilot — SPACEHAB mission ^[14]

STS-72 Endeavour — January 1996 — Commander — capture and return of Space Flyer Unit (SFU) ^[15]

STS-92 Discovery — October 2000 — Commander — ISS assembly flight and 100th mission of the Space Shuttle ^[16]

• Terence T. Henricks (born 1952), U.S. Air Force (4 flights) ^[17]

STS-44 Atlantis — November/December 1991 — Pilot — Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite deployment ^[18]

STS-55 Columbia — April/May 1993 — Pilot — Spacelab mission ^[19]

STS-70 Discovery — July 1995 — Commander — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) deployment ^[20]

STS-78 Columbia — June/July 1996 — Commander — Spacelab mission ^[21]

• Stephen S. Oswald (born 1951), U.S. Navy (3 flights) ^[22]

STS-42 Discovery — January 1992 — Pilot — Spacelab mission ^[23]

STS-56 Discovery — April 1993 — Pilot — Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2) operation ^[24]

STS-67 Endeavour — March 1995 — Commander — Spacelab mission ^[25]

• Stephen Thorne (1953–1986), U.S. Navy ^[26]

Died in an airplane accident before he could finish astronaut training. ^[26]

Mission specialists

• Jerome Apt (born 1949), Physicist (4 flights) ^[27]

STS-37 Atlantis — April 1991 — Mission Specialist — Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) deployment ^[28]

STS-47 Endeavour — September 1992 — Mission Specialist — Spacelab mission ^[29]

STS-59 Endeavour — April 1994 — Mission Specialist — Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) operation ^[30]

STS-79 Atlantis — September 1996 — Mission Specialist — first shuttle mission to a fully completed Mir space station ^[31]

• Charles D. Gemar (born 1955), U.S. Army (3 flights) ^[32]

STS-38 Atlantis — November 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified United States Department of Defense payload ^[33]

STS-48 Discovery — September 1991 — Mission Specialist — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite deployment ^[34]

STS-62 Columbia — March 1994 — Mission Specialist — operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-2 (USMP-2) ^[35]

• Linda M. Godwin (born 1952), Scientist (4 flights) ^[36] - Currently Assistant to the Director for Exploration, Flight Crew Operations Directorate at the Johnson Space Center

STS-37 Atlantis — April 1991 — Mission Specialist — Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) deployment ^[28]

STS-59 Endeavour — April 1994 — Mission Specialist — Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) operation ^[30]

STS-76 Atlantis — March 1996 — Mission Specialist — third Shuttle-Mir mission ^[37]

STS-108 Endeavour — December 2001 — Mission Specialist — ISS crew rotation mission ^[38]

• Richard Hieb (born 1955), Engineer (3 flights) ^[39]

STS-39 Discovery — April/May 1991 — Mission Specialist — United States Department of Defense research mission ^[40]

STS-49 Endeavour — May 1992 — Mission Specialist — Maiden flight of Endeavour, Intelsat 603 capture and redeployment to a correct orbit, first and only (as of 2019) EVA involving three astronauts ^[41]

STS-65 Columbia — July 1994 — Mission Specialist — second International Microgravity Laboratory mission ^[10]

• Tamara E. Jernigan (born 1959), Scientist (5 flights) ^[42]

STS-40 Columbia — June 1991 — Mission Specialist — fifth Spacelab mission and the first dedicated solely to biology ^[43]

STS-52 Columbia — October/November 1992 — Mission Specialist — LAGEOS-II deployment and operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1) ^[4]

STS-67 Endeavour — March 1995 — Mission Specialist — Spacelab mission ^[25]

STS-80 Columbia — November/December 1996 — Mission Specialist — Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer-Shuttle Pallet Satellite II (ORFEUS-SPAS II) and Wake Shield Facility-3 deployment, operation as free-floating satellites and recapture ^[44]

STS-96 Discovery — May/June 1999 — Mission Specialist — ISS assembly and logistics, first Space Shuttle flight to dock with the ISS ^[45]

• Carl J. Meade (born 1950), U.S. Air Force (3 flights) ^[46]

STS-38 Atlantis — November 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified United States Department of Defense payload ^[33]

STS-50 Columbia — June/July 1992 — Mission Specialist — U.S. Microgravity Laboratory 1 Spacelab mission ^[47]

STS-64 Discovery — September 1994 — Mission Specialist — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment (LITE) operation and the last untethered U.S. extravehicular activity (EVA) during the Space Shuttle program ^[48]

• Pierre J. Thuot (born 1955), U.S. Navy (3 flights) ^[49]

STS-36 Atlantis — February/March 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified United States Department of Defense payload ^[50]

STS-49 Endeavour — May 1992 — Mission Specialist — Maiden flight of Endeavour, Intelsat 603 capture and redeployment to a correct orbit, first and only (as of 2019) EVA involving three astronauts ^[41]

STS-62 Columbia — March 1994 — Mission Specialist — operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-2 (USMP-2) ^[35]

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration .

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