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STS-61-A
STS-61-A was the 22nd Space Shuttle mission. It was a scientific Spacelab mission funded and controlled by West Germany - hence the non-NASA name D-1 (for Deutschland 1). It was also the last successful mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger. STS-61-A holds the record for the largest crew, eight...
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Reinhard Furrer
Reinhard Alfred Furrer (November 25, 1940 – September 9, 1995) was a German scientist and astronaut.
Furrer was born in Wörgl, Austria (then part of Germany). After the end of World War II, his father was expelled from Austria. The family found a...
Date of birth:
- Nov 25, 1940
Date of death:
- Sep 9, 1995 (age 54 years)
Guion Bluford
Guion “Guy” Bluford, Jr. (born November 22, 1942), is an engineer, retired Colonel from the United States Air Force and a former NASA Astronaut. He participated in four Space Shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992. In 1983, as a member of the crew of...
Date of birth:
- Nov 22, 1942 (age 67 years)
Henry Hartsfield
Henry Warren "Hank" Hartsfield, Jr. (born November 21, 1933) is a retired United States Air Force officer and a former USAF and NASA astronaut who logged over 480 hours in space.
Hartsfield was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and his mother, Mrs. Norma...
Date of birth:
- Nov 21, 1933 (age 76 years)
James Buchli
James Frederick Buchli (born June 20, 1945, in New Rockford, North Dakota) is an engineer, retired United States Marine aviator and former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space shuttle missions.
Buchli graduated from Fargo Central High School, Fargo...
Date of birth:
- Jun 20, 1945 (age 64 years)
Wubbo Ockels
Wubbo Johannes Ockels is a Dutch physicist and astronaut. In 1985 he participated in a flight of the space shuttle, making him the first and only Dutch citizen in space, until the flight of Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers to the International Space...
Date of birth:
- Mar 28, 1946 (age 63 years)
Bonnie J. Dunbar
Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar is a retired NASA astronaut. She retired from NASA in September 2005 and is currently the president and CEO of The Museum of Flight.
Dunbar was born March 3, 1949, in Outlook, Washington. In 1967, she graduated from Sunnyside...
Date of birth:
- Mar 3, 1949 (age 60 years)
Ernst Messerschmid
Ernst Willi Messerschmid (born May 21, 1945) is a German physicist and former astronaut.
Born in Reutlingen, Germany, Messerschmid finished the Technisches Gymnasium in Stuttgart in 1965. After two years of military service he studied physics at the...
Date of birth:
- May 21, 1945 (age 64 years)
Steven R. Nagel
Steven Ray Nagel (born October 27, 1946) is a retired Colonel in the USAF and a former NASA astronaut.
Born October 27, 1946, in Canton, Illinois. Married to fellow astronaut Linda M. Godwin of Houston, Texas. Two daughters. His hobbies include...
Date of birth:
- Oct 27, 1946 (age 63 years)
