ASTRO-1 Payload SpecialistsDate of selection: 20. June 1984 |
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| No. | Name | Profession | Age | Retirement | Age |
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| 01 | Samuel T. Durrance | Astrophysicist | 40 | 02.12.1990 | 47 |
| 02 | Kenneth H. Nordsieck | Astronomer | 38 | 02.12.1990 | 44 |
| 03 | Ronald A. Parise | Astronomer | 33 | 02.12.1990 | 39 |
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| ASTRO-1 was cancelled after the Challenger disaster, scheduled for the mission were Durrance and Parise. Later the same candidates started training again for ASTRO-1. | |
| Astronaut training: | |
| 20.06.1984 | Durrance, Nordsieck, Parise |
| Examination: | |
| ??.??.1985 | Durrance, Nordsieck, Parise |
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