NASA Astronaut Group 13 - Misplaced Pages

The Hairballs
The Astronauts of Group 13
Year selected	1990
Number selected	23
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NASA Astronaut Group 13 (the Hairballs) was a group of 23 astronauts announced by NASA on 17 January 1990. 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.

Pilots

Kenneth Cockrell (born 1950), U.S. Navy (5 flights)

STS-56 Discovery (Science Mission; Flew as a Mission specialist)

STS-69 Endeavour (2nd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)

STS-80 Columbia (3rd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)

STS-98 Atlantis (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Destiny Laboratory Module)

STS-111 Endeavour (ISS Resupply Mission; Launched Expedition 5)

Eileen Collins (born 1956), U.S. Air Force (4 flights)

STS-63 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission; became the first female pilot of a U.S. Spacecraft)

STS-84 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-93 Columbia (Deployed Chandra X-Ray Observatory; became the first female commander of a U.S. Spacecraft)

STS-114 Discovery (Return to Flight)

William G. Gregory (born 1957), U.S. Air Force (1 flight)

STS-67 Endeavour (2nd flight of the ASTRO telescope)

James D. Halsell (born 1956), U.S. Air Force (5 flights)

STS-65 Columbia (Science Mission)

STS-74 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-83 Columbia (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems)

STS-94 Columbia (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83)

STS-101 Atlantis (ISS Supply Mission)

Charles J. Precourt (born 1955), U.S. Air Force (4 flights)

STS-55 Columbia (German Spacelab Mission)

STS-71 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-84 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-91 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

Richard A. Searfoss (1956-2018), U.S. Air Force (3 flights)

STS-58 Columbia (Science Mission)

STS-76 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-90 Columbia (Science Mission)

Terrence W. Wilcutt (born 1949), U.S. Marine Corps (4 flights)

STS-68 Endeavour (Science Mission)

STS-79 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-89 Endeavour (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-106 Atlantis (ISS Supply Mission)

Mission specialists

Daniel W. Bursch (born 1957), U.S. Navy (4 flights)

STS-51 Discovery (Launched the ACTS satellite)

STS-68 Endeavour (Science Mission)

STS-77 Endeavour (Spartan-207)

STS-108 Endeavour (ISS Resupply Mission)

ISS Expedition 4 (6 month mission to the ISS)

STS-111 Endeavour (The mission landed Expedition 4)

Leroy Chiao (born 1960), Engineer (4 flights)

STS-65 Columbia (Science Mission)

STS-72 Endeavour (Returned Japan's Space Flyer Unit)

STS-92 Discovery (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Z1 Truss Segment and PMA-3)

Soyuz TMA-5 (The launch and landing vehicle of Expedition 10)

ISS Expedition 10 (6 month mission to the ISS)

Michael R. Clifford (1952-2021), U.S. Army (3 flights)

STS-53 Discovery (Classified DoD Mission)

STS-59 Endeavour (Science Mission)

STS-76 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

Nancy J. Currie (born 1958), U.S. Army (4 flights)

STS-57 Endeavour (Science Mission)

STS-70 Discovery (Launched TDRS 7)

STS-88 Endeavour (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched Unity (Node 1), PMA-1, and PMA-2)

STS-109 Columbia (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission; Columbia's last successful flight)

Bernard A. Harris, Jr. (born 1956), Physician (2 flights)

STS-55 Columbia (German Spacelab Mission)

STS-63 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

Susan J. Helms (born 1958), U.S. Air Force (5 flights)

STS-54 Endeavour (Launched TDRS 6)

STS-64 Discovery (Science Mission)

STS-78 Columbia (Science Mission)

STS-101 Atlantis (ISS Supply Mission)

STS-102 Discovery (The mission launched Expedition 2)

ISS Expedition 2 (6 month mission to the ISS)

STS-105 Discovery (The mission landed Expedition 2)

Thomas D. Jones (born 1955), U.S. Air Force (4 flights)

STS-59 Endeavour (Science Mission)

STS-68 Endeavour (Science Mission)

STS-80 Columbia (3rd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)

STS-98 Atlantis (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Destiny Laboratory Module)

William S. McArthur (born 1951), U.S. Army (4 flights)

STS-58 Columbia (Science Mission)

STS-74 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-92 Discovery (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Z1 Truss Segment and PMA-3)

Soyuz TMA-7 (The launch and landing vehicle of Expedition 12)

ISS Expedition 12 (6 month mission to the ISS; was the Expedition 12 CDR)

James H. Newman (born 1956), Physicist (4 flights)

STS-51 Discovery (Launched the ACTS satellite)

STS-69 Endeavour (2nd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)

STS-88 Endeavour (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched Unity (Node 1), PMA-1, and PMA-2)

STS-109 Columbia (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission; Columbia's last successful flight)

Ellen Ochoa (born 1958), Engineer (4 flights)

STS-56 Discovery (Science Mission)

STS-66 Atlantis (Science Mission - ATLAS-03)

STS-96 Discovery (ISS Supply Mission)

STS-110 Atlantis (Launched the S0 Truss Segment)

Ronald M. Sega (born 1952), U.S. Air Force (2 flights)

STS-60 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-76 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

Donald A. Thomas (born 1955), Engineer (4 flights)

STS-65 Columbia (Science Mission)

STS-70 Discovery (Launched TDRS 7)

STS-83 Columbia (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems)

STS-94 Columbia (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83)

Janice E. Voss (1956-2012), Engineer (5 flights)

STS-57 Endeavour (Science Mission)

STS-63 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-83 Columbia (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems)

STS-94 Columbia (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83)

STS-99 Endeavour (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission)

Carl Walz (1955), Physicist (5 flights)

STS-51 Discovery (Satellite deployment Astronomy)

STS-65 Columbia (Micro-gravity research)

STS-79 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-108 Endeavour (Crew rotation to the International Space Station ISS)

ISS Expedition 4 (6 month mission to the ISS)

STS-111 Endeavour (Crew rotation to the International Space Station ISS)

Peter Wisoff (1958), Physicist (4 flights)

STS-57 Endeavour (1st flight of Spacehab - Satellite retrieval)

STS-68 Endeavour (Space Radar Lab-2 (SRL-2) )

STS-81 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-92 Discovery (delivered the Z1 truss and Pressurized Mating Adapter 3 to the International Space Station ISS)

David Wolf (1956), Medical Doctor, Engineer, Inventor (5 flights)

STS-58 Columbia (Spacelab Life Sciences 2)

STS-86 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-89 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-112 Atlantis (delivered the S1 truss segment to the International Space Station ISS)

STS-127 Endeavour (install the final two components of the Japanese Experiment Module)

References

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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External links

NASA Astronaut Group 13, "The Hairballs", 1990

NASA Astronaut Group 12 ← NASA Astronaut Group 13 → NASA Astronaut Group 14

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