Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 02.11.1944 |
| Birthplace: | Brooklyn / New York |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 16.01.1978 |
| Selection group: | NASA-8 |
| Position: | MSP |
| Status: | Ret. ??.07.1997 |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | STS-51D | MSP | 12.04. - 19.04.1985 | 6d 23h 55m |
| 2 | STS-35 | MSP | 02.12. - 11.12.1990 | 8d 23h 05m |
| 3 | STS-46 | MSP | 31.07. - 08.08.1992 | 7d 23h 15m |
| 4 | STS-61 | MSP | 02.12. - 13.12.1993 | 10d 19h 58m |
| 5 | STS-75 | MSP | 22.02. - 09.03.1996 | 15d 17h 40m |
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| Total | 50d 11h 53m | |||
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Additional information
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Bachelor of arts in astronomy from Amherst
College, 1966;
Ph.D. in astrophysics from Harvard University, 1971;
master of science in materials science from Rice University, 1988; project
scientist at
MIT; hobbies: Skiing, mountaineering, hiking,
bicycling, swimming, sailing, music; until 2001
NASA's European representative in Paris, France;
currently "senior lecturer" in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). |
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