NASA Astronaut Group 11

NASA Astronaut Group 11 was a group of 13 NASA astronauts announced on 4 June 1985.[1]

NASA Astronaut Group 11
The Astronauts of Group 11
Year selected1985
Number selected13


Group members

Pilots
STS-43 Atlantis — August 1991 — Pilot — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite deployment
STS-52 Columbia — October/November 1992 — Pilot — LAGEOS-II deployment and operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1)
STS-68 Endeavour — September/October 1994 — Commander — Radar imaging
STS-81 Atlantis — January 1997 — Commander — fifth Shuttle-Mir mission
STS-41 Discovery — October 1990 — Pilot — Ulysses probe deployment
STS-53 Discovery — December 1992 — Pilot — classified United States Department of Defense payload
STS-65 Columbia — July 1994 — Commander — second International Microgravity Laboratory mission
STS-88 Endeavour — December 1998 — Commander — first Space Shuttle mission to the ISS
STS-45 Atlantis — March/April 1992 — Pilot — Spacelab mission
STS-57 Endeavour — June/July 1993 — Pilot — SPACEHAB mission
STS-72 Endeavour — January 1996 — Commander — capture and return of Space Flyer Unit (SFU)
STS-92 Discovery — October 2000 — Commander — ISS assembly flight and 100th mission of the Space Shuttle
STS-44 Atlantis — November/December 1991 — Pilot — Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite deployment
STS-55 Columbia — April/May 1993 — Pilot — Spacelab mission
STS-70 Discovery — July 1995 — Commander — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) deployment
STS-78 Columbia — June/July 1996 — Commander — Spacelab mission
STS-42 Discovery — January 1992 — Pilot — Spacelab mission
STS-56 Discovery — April 1993 — Pilot — Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2) operation
STS-67 Endeavour — March 1995 — Commander — Spacelab mission
Died in an airplane accident before he could finish astronaut training.

Mission specialists
STS-37 Atlantis — April 1991 — Mission Specialist — Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) deployment
STS-47 Endeavour — September 1992 — Mission Specialist — Spacelab mission
STS-59 Endeavour — April 1994 — Mission Specialist — Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) operation
STS-79 Atlantis — September 1996 — Mission Specialist — first shuttle mission to a fully completed Mir space station
STS-38 Atlantis — November 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified United States Department of Defense payload
STS-48 Discovery — September 1991 — Mission Specialist — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite deployment
STS-62 Columbia — March 1994 — Mission Specialist — operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-2 (USMP-2)
STS-37 Atlantis — April 1991 — Mission Specialist — Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) deployment
STS-59 Endeavour — April 1994 — Mission Specialist — Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) operation
STS-76 Atlantis — March 1996 — Mission Specialist — third Shuttle-Mir mission
STS-108 Endeavour — December 2001 — Mission Specialist — ISS crew rotation mission
STS-39 Discovery — April/May 1991 — Mission Specialist — United States Department of Defense research mission
STS-49 Endeavour — May 1992 — Mission Specialist — Maiden flight of Endeavour, Intelsat 603 capture and redeployment to a correct orbit, first and only (as of 2019) EVA involving three astronauts
STS-65 Columbia — July 1994 — Mission Specialist — second International Microgravity Laboratory mission
STS-40 Columbia — June 1991 — Mission Specialist — fifth Spacelab mission and the first dedicated solely to biology
STS-52 Columbia — October/November 1992 — Mission Specialist — LAGEOS-II deployment and operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1)
STS-67 Endeavour — March 1995 — Mission Specialist — Spacelab mission
STS-80 Columbia — November/December 1996 — Mission Specialist — Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer-Shuttle Pallet Satellite II (ORFEUS-SPAS II) and Wake Shield Facility-3 deployment, operation as free-floating satellites and recapture
STS-96 Discovery — May/June 1999 — Mission Specialist — ISS assembly and logistics, first Space Shuttle flight to dock with the ISS
STS-38 Atlantis — November 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified United States Department of Defense payload
STS-50 Columbia — June/July 1992 — Mission Specialist — U.S. Microgravity Laboratory 1 Spacelab mission
STS-64 Discovery — September 1994 — Mission Specialist — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment (LITE) operation and the last untethered U.S. extravehicular activity (EVA) during the Space Shuttle program
STS-36 Atlantis — February/March 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified United States Department of Defense payload
STS-49 Endeavour — May 1992 — Mission Specialist — Maiden flight of Endeavour, Intelsat 603 capture and redeployment to a correct orbit, first and only (as of 2019) EVA involving three astronauts
STS-62 Columbia — March 1994 — Mission Specialist — operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-2 (USMP-2)

References

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

  1. Steve Nesbitt (4 June 1985), NASA SELECTS 13 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES (PDF), NASA News
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