Conference 7.286::space

620.0. "Shuttle crews named for 1991 missions [STS-43, STS-44, STS-45]" by 4347::GRIFFIN (Dave Griffin) Thu May 24 1990 18:43

Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                       May 24, 1990
(Phone:  202/453-4164)                               noon EDT

Jeffrey Carr                                       
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone:  713/483-5111)


RELEASE:  90-72


SHUTTLE CREWS NAMED FOR 1991 MISSIONS (STS-43, STS-44, STS-45)


     Astronaut crew assignments have been made for three Space 
Shuttle missions scheduled for early to mid-1991, bringing the 
total number of Shuttle crews currently in training to 12.

     Navy Capt. David M. Walker will command a crew aboard the 
Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-44, a Department of Defense 
dedicated flight currently targeted for March 1991.  Air Force Lt. 
Col. Terence T. "Tom" Henricks will serve as pilot.  Mission 
specialists for the flight will be F. Story Musgrave, M.D., Navy 
Lt. Cmdr. Mario Runco, Jr. and Army Lt. Col. James S. Voss.

     Marine Col. Charles F. Bolden, Jr., will command Shuttle 
flight STS-45 (ATLAS-01), a mission dedicated to studying 
atmospheric phenomena from a laboratory aboard the Space Shuttle 
Columbia.  Air Force Maj. Brian Duffy will serve as pilot.  
Mission specialists are payload commander Kathryn D. Sullivan, 
Ph.D., C. Michael Foale, Ph.D. and Navy Capt. David C. Leestma.  
Payload specialists for the mission, currently projected for April 
1991, are Michael L. Lampton, Ph.D. and Byron K. Lichtenburg, 
Ph.D.  Sullivan, Foale, Lampton and Lichtenburg had been 
previously named to the flight.

     Air Force Col. John E. Blaha will command STS-43, a 5-day 
mission to deploy the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-E, 
planned for May 1991.  Serving as pilot aboard Discovery will be 
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael A. Baker.  Mission specialists will be 
Shannon W. Lucid, Ph.D., G. David Low and Army Lt. Col. James C. 
Adamson.

     Walker will make his third Shuttle flight, his second as 
commander.  He flew previously on STS-51A as pilot and as 
commander for STS-30.  Walker was born May 20, 1944, in Columbus, 
Ga., but considers Eustis, Fla., his hometown.

     Henricks, making his first space flight, was born July 5, 
1952, in Bryan, Ohio, but considers Woodville, Ohio, his hometown.

     Musgrave has flown three times previously on STS-6, STS-51F 
and STS-33.  He was born Aug. 19, 1935, in Boston, Mass., but 
considers Lexington, Ky., his hometown.

     Runco will also make his first space flight.  He was born 
Jan. 26, 1952, in Bronx, N.Y., but considers Yonkers, N.Y., his 
hometown.

     Voss, also making his first flight into space, was born March 
3, 1949, in Cordova, Ala., but considers Opelika, Ala., his 
hometown.

     Bolden receives his first command after two previous 
assignments as pilot for missions STS-61C and STS-31.  He was born 
Aug. 19, 1946, in Columbia, S.C.

     Duffy will be making his first trip to space.  He was born 
June 20, 1953, in Boston, Mass.

     Sullivan, making her third flight, served as mission 
specialist for STS-41G and STS-31.  She was born Oct. 3, 1951, in 
Paterson, N.J., but considers Woodland Hills, Calif., her 
hometown.

     Leestma will make his third Shuttle flight, having flown as 
mission specialist on STS-41G and on STS-28.  He was born May 6, 
1949, in Muskegon, Mich.

     Foale also will make his first space flight.  He was born an 
American citizen on Jan. 6, 1957, in Louth, England, and considers 
Cambridge, England, his hometown.  

     Lampton will make his first trip to orbit.  He was born 
March 1, 1941, in Williamsport, Penn.

     Lichtenburg will make his second space flight.  He served as 
payload specialist on STS-9 (SL-1).  Lichtenburg was born Feb. 19, 
1948, in Stroudsburg, Penn.

     Blaha has flown twice previously as pilot on STS-29 and STS-
33.  He was born Aug. 26, 1942, in San Antonio, Texas.

     Baker will make his first space flight.  He was born Oct. 27, 
1953, in Memphis, Tenn., but considers Lemoore, Calif., his 
hometown.

     Low, making his second Shuttle flight, served as mission 
specialist on STS-32.  He was born Feb. 19, 1956, in Cleveland, 
Ohio.

     Adamson has flown previously as mission specialist on STS-
28.  He was born March 3, 1946, in Warsaw, N.Y., but considers 
Monarch, Mont., his hometown.

     Lucid will make her third flight, having flown as mission 
specialist on STS-51G and STS-34.  She was born an American 
citizen in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 14, 1943, and considers 
Bethany, Okla., her hometown.


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