NASA Astronaut Group 13 (the Hairballs) was a group of 23 astronauts 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.
Pilots Kenneth Cockrell (born 1950), U.S. Navy (5 flights)
STS-56 (Science Mission; Flew as a Mission specialist) STS-69 (2nd flight of the Wake Shield Facility) STS-80 (3rd flight of the Wake Shield Facility) STS-98 (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Destiny Laboratory Module) STS-111 (ISS Resupply Mission; Launched Expedition 5)
Eileen Collins (born 1956), U.S. Air Force (4 flights)
STS-63 (Shuttle-Mir Mission; became the first female pilot of a U.S. Spacecraft) STS-84 (Shuttle-Mir Mission) STS-93 (Deployed Chandra X-Ray Observatory; became the first female commander of a U.S. Spacecraft) STS-114 (Return to Flight)
William G. Gregory (born 1957), U.S. Air Force (1 flight)
STS-67 (2nd flight of the ASTRO telescope)
James D. Halsell (born 1956), U.S. Air Force (5 flights)
STS-65 (Science Mission) STS-74 (Shuttle-Mir Mission) STS-83 (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems) STS-94 (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83) STS-101 (ISS Supply Mission)
Charles J. Precourt (born 1955), U.S. Air Force (4 flights)
STS-55 (German Spacelab Mission) STS-71 (Shuttle-Mir Mission) STS-84 (Shuttle-Mir Mission) STS-91 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
Richard A. Searfoss (1956–2018), U.S. Air Force (3 flights)
STS-58 (Science Mission) STS-76 (Shuttle-Mir Mission) STS-90 (Science Mission)
Terrence W. Wilcutt (born 1949), U.S. Marine Corps (4 flights)
STS-68 (Science Mission) STS-79 (Shuttle-Mir Mission) STS-89 (Shuttle-Mir Mission) STS-106 (ISS Supply Mission)
Mission specialists
Daniel W. Bursch (born 1957), U.S. Navy (4 flights)
STS-51 (Launched the ACTS satellite) STS-68 (Science Mission) STS-77 (Spartan-207) STS-108 (ISS Resupply Mission) ISS Expedition 4 (6 month mission to the ISS) STS-111 (The mission landed Expedition 4)
Leroy Chiao (born 1960), Engineer (4 flights)
STS-65 (Science Mission) STS-72 (Returned Japan's Space Flyer Unit) STS-92 (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 (1952–2021), U.S. Army (3 flights)
STS-53 (Classified DoD Mission) STS-59 (Science Mission) STS-76 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
Nancy J. Currie (born 1958), U.S. Army (4 flights)
STS-57 (Science Mission) STS-70 (Launched TDRS 7) STS-88 (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched Unity (Node 1), PMA-1, and PMA-2) STS-109 (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission; Columbia's last successful flight)
Bernard A. Harris, Jr. (born 1956), Physician (2 flights)
STS-55 (German Spacelab Mission) STS-63 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
Susan J. Helms (born 1958), U.S. Air Force (5 flights)
STS-54 (Launched TDRS 6) STS-64 (Science Mission) STS-78 (Science Mission) STS-101 (ISS Supply Mission) STS-102 (The mission launched Expedition 2) ISS Expedition 2 (6 month mission to the ISS) STS-105 (The mission landed Expedition 2)
Thomas D. Jones (born 1955), U.S. Air Force (4 flights)
STS-59 (Science Mission) STS-68 (Science Mission) STS-80 (3rd flight of the Wake Shield Facility) STS-98 (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Destiny Laboratory Module)
William S. McArthur (born 1951), U.S. Army (4 flights)
STS-58 (Science Mission) STS-74 (Shuttle-Mir Mission) STS-92 (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 (born 1956), Physicist (4 flights)
STS-51 (Launched the ACTS satellite) STS-69 (2nd flight of the Wake Shield Facility) STS-88 (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched Unity (Node 1), PMA-1, and PMA-2) STS-109 (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission; Columbia's last successful flight)
Ellen Ochoa (born 1958), Engineer (4 flights)
STS-56 (Science Mission) STS-66 (Science Mission - ATLAS-03) STS-96 (ISS Supply Mission) STS-110 (Launched the S0 Truss Segment)
Ronald M. Sega (born 1952), U.S. Air Force (2 flights)
STS-60 (Shuttle-Mir Mission) STS-76 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
Donald A. Thomas (born 1955), Engineer (4 flights)
STS-65 (Science Mission) STS-70 (Launched TDRS 7) STS-83 (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems) STS-94 (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83)
Janice E. Voss (1956–2012), Engineer (5 flights)
STS-57 (Science Mission) STS-63 (Shuttle-Mir Mission) STS-83 (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems) STS-94 (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83) STS-99 (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission)
Carl Walz (1955), Physicist (4 flights)
STS-51 (Satellite deployment Astronomy) STS-65 (Micro-gravity research) STS-79 (Shuttle-Mir Mission) STS-108/STS-111 (Both) (Crew rotation to and from the International Space Station/ISS) ISS Expedition 4 (6,5 month mission to the ISS)
Peter Wisoff (1958), Physicist (4 flights)
STS-57 (1st flight of Spacehab - Satellite retrieval) STS-68 (Space Radar Lab-2 (SRL-2) ) STS-81 (Shuttle-Mir Mission) STS-92 (delivered the Z1 truss and Pressurized Mating Adapter 3 to the International Space Station ISS)
David Wolf (1956), Medical Doctor, Engineer, Inventor (4 flights)
STS-58 (Spacelab Life Sciences 2) STS-86 /STS-89 Endeavour (Shuttle-Mir Mission) STS-112 (delivered the S1 truss segment to the International Space Station ISS) STS-127 (install the final two components of the Japanese Experiment Module)
See also
List of astronauts by year of selection
References
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