Steven Hawley
American - ( NASA)
Retired
Date of Birth: Dec. 12, 1951
Age: 70
Steven Alan Hawley is a former NASA astronaut who flew on five U.S. Space Shuttle flights. He is professor of physics and astronomy and director of engineering physics at the University of Kansas. Following an aborted attempt to launch STS-41-D where two main engines were stopped shortly after they started because the third failed to start, Hawley is reported to have broken the tense atmosphere in the shuttle cabin, saying, "I thought we'd be a lot higher at MECO!"
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-41-D
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Aug. 30, 1984, 12:41 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Communications
STS-41-D was the twelth flight of the Space Shuttle program and the maiden flight for Space Shuttle Discovery. It deployed three commercial 10 satellites during the six day mission along with a number of scientific experiments being conducted.
Low Earth Orbit
Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-61-C
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 12, 1986, 11:55 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Communications
STS-61-C was the twenty-fourth mission of the shuttle program and the seventh of the Space Shuttle Columbia. The mission included the second African-American shuttle pilot, future NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, the first Costa Rican born astronaut and the second sitting politican to fly in space: Bill Nelson.
Low Earth OrbitSpace Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-31
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 24, 1990, 12:33 p.m.
Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-82
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Feb. 11, 1997, 8:55 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Astrophysics
STS-82 was the 22nd flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the 82nd mission of the Space Shuttle program. It was NASA's second mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope, during which Discovery's crew repaired and upgraded the telescope's scientific instruments, increasing its research capabilities and achieved the highest altitude ever attained by a STS Orbiter (335-nautical-mile (620 km)).
Low Earth OrbitSpace Shuttle Columbia OV-102 | STS-93
United Space Alliance | USAKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 23, 1999, 4:31 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Astrophysics
STS-93 marked the 95th launch of the Space Shuttle, the 26th launch of Columbia, and the 21st night launch of a Space Shuttle. Eileen Collins became the first female shuttle Commander on this flight. Its primary payload was the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Low Earth Orbit
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