EOM Payload SpecialistsDate of selection: 04. May 1984 / 27. December 1985 |
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No. | Name | Profession | Age | Retirement | Age |
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01 | Charles R. Chappell | Physicist | 42 | 29.09.1989 | 46 |
02 | Michael L. Lampton | Physicist | 43 | 29.09.1989 | 48 |
03 | Byron K. Lichtenberg | Aerospace Engineer | 36 | 29.09.1989 | 41 |
Note: | |
EOM was cancelled after the Challenger disaster, scheduled for the mission were Lampton and Lichtenberg. The backup candidates Chappell and Frimout (nominated by the Investigator Working Group (I.W.G.)) were nominated only in December 1985. Later the same candidates started training for the analogous mission ATLAS. | |
Astronaut training: | |
04.05.1984 | Lampton, Lichtenberg |
27.12.1985 | Chappell |
Examination: | |
??.??.1985 | Lampton, Lichtenberg |
??.??.1986 | Chappell |
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Last update on April 27, 2018. |