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Flew on STS-28, STS-41, STS-50 and STS-64. Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 813. S. , Civilian Born May 26, 1951, in Los Angeles, California. Bachelor of science in physics; bachelor of arts in English; master of science and doctorate of philosophy in physics from Stanford University. Flew on STS-7 and STS 41-G. Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 343. S. Navy (Retired) Born March 12, 1923, in Hackensack, New Jersey. S. S. Naval Test Pilot School. Flew on Mercury 8, Gemini 6, and Apollo 7.
Kennedy Space Center, Florida, in the Apollo spacecraft fire. S. Air Force (Retired) Born June 23, 1930, in Columbus, Ohio. S. S. Air Force Institute of Technology. Flew on Apollo 7. Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 260. Died December 2, 1987, in Tokyo, Japan, of a heart attack. S. Navy (Retired) Born November 10, 1933, in St. Francis, Kansas. S. Naval Postgraduate School. Flew on Apollo 17. Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 301. Cumulative EVA time is more than 1 hour.
Bachelor of science in aerospace engineering from Pennsylvania State University; master of science and doctorate of philosophy in aerospace engineering from Air Force Institute of Technology; master in business administration, University of Houston, Clear Lake. Flew on STS-8, STS 61-A, STS-39, and STS-53. Cumulative hours of space flight are more than 688. S. Air Force (Retired) Born December 23, 1937, in New York, New York. S. Air Force Academy; master of science in aerospace engineering from University of Southern California.
