NASA Astronaut Group 13

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The Hairballs
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The Astronauts of Group 13
Year selected1990
Number selected23
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NASA Astronaut Group 13 (the Hairballs) was a group of 23 astronauts announced by NASA on 17 January 1990. [1] 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. [2]

Contents

Pilots

STS-56 Discovery (Science Mission; Flew as a Mission specialist) [4]
STS-69 Endeavour (2nd flight of the Wake Shield Facility) [5]
STS-80 Columbia (3rd flight of the Wake Shield Facility) [6]
STS-98 Atlantis (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Destiny Laboratory Module) [7]
STS-111 Endeavour (ISS Resupply Mission; Launched Expedition 5) [8]
STS-63 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission; became the first female pilot of a U.S. Spacecraft) [10]
STS-84 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission) [11]
STS-93 Columbia (Deployed Chandra X-Ray Observatory; became the first female commander of a U.S. Spacecraft) [12]
STS-114 Discovery (Return to Flight) [13]
STS-67 Endeavour (2nd flight of the ASTRO telescope) [15]
STS-65 Columbia (Science Mission) [17]
STS-74 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission) [18]
STS-83 Columbia (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems) [19]
STS-94 Columbia (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83) [20]
STS-101 Atlantis (ISS Supply Mission) [21]
STS-55 Columbia (German Spacelab Mission) [23]
STS-71 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission) [24]
STS-84 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission) [11]
STS-91 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission) [25]
STS-58 Columbia (Science Mission) [27]
STS-76 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission) [28]
STS-90 Columbia (Science Mission) [29]
STS-68 Endeavour (Science Mission) [31]
STS-79 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission) [32]
STS-89 Endeavour (Shuttle-Mir Mission) [33]
STS-106 Atlantis (ISS Supply Mission) [34]

Mission specialists

STS-51 Discovery (Launched the ACTS satellite) [36]
STS-68 Endeavour (Science Mission) [31]
STS-77 Endeavour (Spartan-207) [37]
STS-108 Endeavour (ISS Resupply Mission) [38]
ISS Expedition 4 (6 month mission to the ISS) [39]
STS-111 Endeavour (The mission landed Expedition 4) [8]
STS-65 Columbia (Science Mission) [17]
STS-72 Endeavour (Returned Japan's Space Flyer Unit) [41]
STS-92 Discovery (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Z1 Truss Segment and PMA-3) [42]
Soyuz TMA-5 (The launch and landing vehicle of Expedition 10) [43] [44]
ISS Expedition 10 (6 month mission to the ISS) [43]
STS-53 Discovery (Classified DoD Mission) [46]
STS-59 Endeavour (Science Mission) [47]
STS-76 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission) [28]
STS-57 Endeavour (Science Mission) [49]
STS-70 Discovery (Launched TDRS 7) [50]
STS-88 Endeavour (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched Unity (Node 1), PMA-1, and PMA-2) [51]
STS-109 Columbia (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission; Columbia's last successful flight) [52]
STS-55 Columbia (German Spacelab Mission) [23]
STS-63 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission) [10]
STS-54 Endeavour (Launched TDRS 6) [55]
STS-64 Discovery (Science Mission) [56]
STS-78 Columbia (Science Mission) [57]
STS-101 Atlantis (ISS Supply Mission) [21]
STS-102 Discovery (The mission launched Expedition 2) [58]
ISS Expedition 2 (6 month mission to the ISS) [59]
STS-105 Discovery (The mission landed Expedition 2) [60]
STS-59 Endeavour (Science Mission) [47]
STS-68 Endeavour (Science Mission) [31]
STS-80 Columbia (3rd flight of the Wake Shield Facility) [6]
STS-98 Atlantis (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Destiny Laboratory Module) [7]
STS-58 Columbia (Science Mission) [27]
STS-74 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission) [18]
STS-92 Discovery (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Z1 Truss Segment and PMA-3) [42]
Soyuz TMA-7 (The launch and landing vehicle of Expedition 12) [63] [64]
ISS Expedition 12 (6 month mission to the ISS; was the Expedition 12 CDR) [63] [64]
STS-51 Discovery (Launched the ACTS satellite) [36]
STS-69 Endeavour (2nd flight of the Wake Shield Facility) [5]
STS-88 Endeavour (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched Unity (Node 1), PMA-1, and PMA-2) [51]
STS-109 Columbia (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission; Columbia's last successful flight) [52]
STS-56 Discovery (Science Mission) [4]
STS-66 Atlantis (Science Mission - ATLAS-03) [67]
STS-96 Discovery (ISS Supply Mission) [68]
STS-110 Atlantis (Launched the S0 Truss Segment) [69]
STS-60 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission) [71]
STS-76 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission) [28]
STS-65 Columbia (Science Mission) [17]
STS-70 Discovery (Launched TDRS 7) [50]
STS-83 Columbia (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems) [19]
STS-94 Columbia (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83) [20]
STS-57 Endeavour (Science Mission) [49]
STS-63 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission) [10]
STS-83 Columbia (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems) [19]
STS-94 Columbia (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83) [20]
STS-99 Endeavour (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission) [74]
STS-51 Discovery (Satellite deployment Astronomy) [36]
STS-65 Columbia (Micro-gravity research) [17]
STS-79 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission) [32]
STS-108 Endeavour (Crew rotation to the International Space Station ISS) [38]
ISS Expedition 4 (6 month mission to the ISS) [39]
STS-111 Endeavour (Crew rotation to the International Space Station ISS) [8]
STS-57 Endeavour (1st flight of Spacehab - Satellite retrieval) [49]
STS-68 Endeavour (Space Radar Lab-2 (SRL-2) ) [31]
STS-81 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission) [77]
STS-92 Discovery (delivered the Z1 truss and Pressurized Mating Adapter 3 to the International Space Station ISS) [42]
STS-58 Columbia (Spacelab Life Sciences 2) [27]
STS-86 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission) [79]
STS-89 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission) [33]
STS-112 Atlantis (delivered the S1 truss segment to the International Space Station ISS) [80]
STS-127 Endeavour (install the final two components of the Japanese Experiment Module) [81]

References

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