NASA Astronaut Group 13

NASA's Astronaut Group 13 (the Hairballs) was 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.^[1]

1 Pilots
2 Mission specialists
3 References
4 External links

Pilots

Kenneth Cockrell (5 flights)^[2]

STS-56 Discovery^[2] (Science Mission; Flew as a Mission specialist)

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

STS-80 Columbia^[2] (3rd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)

STS-98 Atlantis^[2] (ISS Assembily Mission - Launched the Destiny Laboratory Module)

STS-111 Endeavour^[2] (ISS Resupply Mission; Launched Expedition 5)

Eileen Collins (4 flights)^[3]

STS-63 Discovery^[3] (Shuttle-Mir Mission; became the first female pilot of a U.S. Spacecraft)

STS-84 Atlantis^[3] (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-93 Columbia^[3] (Deployed Chandra X-Ray Observatory; became the first female commander of a U.S. Spacecraft)

STS-114 Discovery^[3] (Return to Flight)

William G. Gregory (1 flight)^[4]

STS-67 Endeavour^[4] (2nd flight of the ASTRO telescope)

James D. Halsell (5 flights)^[5]

STS-65 Columbia^[5] (Science Mission)

STS-74 Atlantis^[5] (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-83 Columbia^[5] (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems)

STS-94 Columbia^[5] (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83)

STS-101 Atlantis^[5] (ISS Supply Mission)

Charles J. Precourt (4 flights)^[6]

STS-55 Columbia^[6] (German Spacelab Mission)

STS-71 Atlantis^[6] (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-84 Atlantis^[6] (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-91 Discovery^[6] (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

Richard A. Searfoss (3 flights)^[7]

STS-58 Columbia^[7] (Science Mission)

STS-76 Atlantis^[7] (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-90 Columbia^[7] (Science Mission)

Terrence W. Wilcutt (4 flights)^[8]

STS-68 Endeavour^[8] (Science Mission)

STS-79 Atlantis^[8] (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-89 Endeavour^[8] (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-106 Atlantis^[8] (ISS Supply Mission)

Mission specialists

Daniel W. Bursch (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 (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 (3 flights)

STS-53 Discovery (Classified DoD Mission)

STS-59 Endeavour (Science Mission)

STS-76 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

Nancy J. Currie (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. (2 flights)

STS-55 Columbia (German Spacelab Mission)

STS-63 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

Susan J. Helms (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (2 flights)

STS-60 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

STS-76 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)

Donald A. Thomas (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

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)

References

^ Jones, Thomas, "Sky Walking, An Astronaut's Memoir," Harper Collins, 2006
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f NASA (2006). "Astronaut Bio: Ken Cockrell (5/2006)". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/cockrell.html. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e NASA (2006). "Astronaut Bio: Eileen Collins (5/2006)". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/collins.html. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
^ ^a ^b NASA (1999). "Astronaut Bio: W. Gregory 11/99". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/gregor-w.html. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f NASA (2006). "Astronaut Bio: James Halsell (11/2006)". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/halsell.html. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e NASA (2005). "Astronaut Bio: Charles J. Precourt 3/2005". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/precourt.html. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d NASA (2003). "Astronaut Bio: Richard A. Searfoss 2/03". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/searfoss.html. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e NASA (2007). "Astronaut Bio: Terrence W. Wilcutt (3/2007)". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/wilcutt.html. Retrieved 2008-06-18.

External links

Astronaut Biographies: Home Page

NASA Astronaut Group 13, "The Hairballs", 1990

Pilots

Kenneth Cockrell · Eileen Collins · William G. Gregory · James D. Halsell · Charles J. Precourt · Richard A. Searfoss · Terrence W. Wilcutt

Mission Specialists

Daniel W. Bursch · Leroy Chiao · Michael R. Clifford · Nancy J. Currie · Bernard A. Harris, Jr. · Susan J. Helms · Thomas D. Jones · William S. McArthur · James H. Newman · Ellen Ochoa · Ronald M. Sega · Donald A. Thomas · Janice E. Voss · Carl E. Walz · Peter Wisoff · David Wolf

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