NASA Astronaut Group 6

NASA Astronaut Group 6
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Main article: List of astronauts by selection

Astronaut Group 6 (the 'XS-11') was announced by NASA on August 11, 1967, the second group of scientist-astronauts. Only five of the eleven were given formal assignments in Apollo, and these were all non-flying. Assignments for the group were delayed by the requirement to spend a full year at UPT to become qualified as jet pilots (as were the Group 4 scientists before them). This requirement for scientists to be trained as jet pilots was eventually lifted with the creation of the Mission Specialist position in the Shuttle Program. The seven members of Group 6 who stayed with the program after Apollo went on to form the core of Shuttle Mission Specialists, accomplishing a total of 15 flights.

A chart showing Group 6 assignments in relation to other astronaut groups up through the Apollo era. This shows how Group 6 scientists earned their nickname "XS-11", with all eleven members being "excess" to the program.
STS-5 Columbia — November 1982 — Mission specialist — SBS-C and Anik C-3 satellite deployment mission[1]
STS-51-A Discovery — November 1984 — Mission specialist — Anik D-2 and Syncom IV-1 satellite deployment; Westar 6 and Palapa B2 satellite retrieval mission[1]
  • Philip Chapman, Civilian Engineer[2]
Served as mission scientist for Apollo 14, but left NASA in July 1972 due to lack of spaceflight opportunities.[2]
  • Anthony England, Civilian Geochemist, (1 flight)[3]
STS-51-F Challenger — July 1985 — Mission specialist — Spacelab mission[3]
  • Karl Henize, Civilian Scientist, (1 flight)[4]
STS-51-F Challenger — July 1985 — Mission specialist — Spacelab mission[4]
Completed initial academic and flight training, but left NASA to train in nuclear medicine[5]
STS-5 Columbia — November 1982 — Mission specialist — SBS-C and Anik C-3 satellite deployment mission[6]
Resigned from NASA in September 1968 for personal reasons[7]
STS-6 Challenger — April 1983 — Mission specialist — TDRS A satellite deployment mission[8]
STS-51-F Challenger — July 1985 — Mission specialist — Spacelab mission[8]
STS-33 Discovery — November 1989 — Mission specialist — United States Department of Defense mission; deployed USA-48 (Magnum 2)[8]
STS-44 Atlantis — November 1991 — Mission specialist — United States Department of Defense mission; deployed a DSP satellite[8]
STS-61 Endeavour — December 1993 — Payload commander — Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission # 1[8]
STS-80 Columbia — November 1996 — Mission specialist — Wake Shield Facility, ORFEUS-SPAS II, and EDO mission[8]
Resigned from NASA in 1968 during flying training
STS-9 Columbia — November 1983 — Mission specialist — Spacelab mission[9]
STS-35 Columbia — December 1990 — Mission specialist — Spacelab mission[9]
STS-8 Challenger — August 1983 — Mission specialist — INSAT-1B satellite deployment mission[10]
STS-51-B Challenger — April 1985 — Mission specialist — Spacelab mission[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c NASA (December 1993). "Astronaut Bio: Joseph P. Allen". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/allen-jp.html. Retrieved 2008-10-20. 
  2. ^ a b NASA (December 1975). "Astronaut Bio: Philip Kenyon Chapman". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/chapman-pk.html. Retrieved 2008-10-20. 
  3. ^ a b NASA (August 1999). "Astronaut Bio: Anthony W. England". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/england-aw.html. Retrieved 2008-10-20. 
  4. ^ a b NASA (October 1993). "Astronaut Bio: Karl Henize". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/henize.html. Retrieved 2008-10-20. 
  5. ^ a b NASA (January 1995). "Astronaut Bio: D. Holmquest". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/holmquest-dl.html. Retrieved 2008-10-20. 
  6. ^ a b NASA (January 1996). "Astronaut Bio: William B. Lenoir". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lenoir-wb.html. Retrieved 2008-10-20. 
  7. ^ a b NASA (September 1968). "Astronaut Bio: J. Llewellyn". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/llewellyn-ja.html. Retrieved 2008-10-20. 
  8. ^ a b c d e f g NASA (August 1997). "Astronaut Bio: Story Musgrave". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/musgrave.html. Retrieved 2008-10-20. 
  9. ^ a b c NASA (December 2005). "Astronaut Bio: Robert Allan Ridley Parker". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/parker-rar.html. Retrieved 2008-10-20. 
  10. ^ a b c NASA (May 1994). "Astronaut Bio: W.E. Thornton". http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/thornton-w.html. Retrieved 2008-10-20. 

External links

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