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List of Space Shuttle crews

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This is a list of persons who served aboard Space Shuttle crews, arranged in chronological order by mission.

Abbreviations:

  • PC = Payload Commander
  • MSE = USAF Manned Spaceflight Engineer
  • Mir = Launched to be part of the crew of the Mir Space Station
  • ISS = Launched to be part of the crew of the International Space Station.

    • Names of astronauts returning from the Mir or ISS on the Space Shuttle are shown in italics. They did not have specific crew roles, but are listed in the Payload Specialist columns for reasons of space.

    STS-61-A in 1985 is the only flight to have launched with a crew of more than seven.

    1977*

    * Note 1 - In this year, Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) were accomplished. These were atmospheric only, non-spaceflight drop-tests from a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
    ** Note 2 - The durations listed count only the orbiter free-flight time, and not total time aloft along with airborne time atop of the 747 SCA.

    References

    List of Space Shuttle crews Wikipedia
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