James Philip Bagian, MD, PE is an American physician, engineer, and former NASA astronaut of Armenian descent. During his career as an astronaut, he logged 337 hours of space-flight, over two missions, STS-29 (in 1989) and STS-40 (in 1991). After leaving NASA in 1995, Bagian was elected as a member of both the National Academy of Engineering and of the Institute of Medicine. Bagian is currently the Director of the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety at the University of Michigan.

Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-29

United Space Alliance | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 13, 1989, 2:57 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission: Communications

STS-29 was the eighth flight of Discovery and its primary mission was to deploy the TDRS-D 10 satellite. It also deployed eight secondary payloads.

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Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-40

United Space Alliance | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
June 5, 1991, 1:24 p.m.

Status: Success

Mission: Unknown

STS-40 was the eleventh launch of Columbia and carried the Spacelab module for Spacelab Life Sciences 1 (SLS-1), the fifth Spacelab mission and the first dedicated to biology. It was also the first mission to carry three women crew members.

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