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.
Kenneth Cockrell (born 1950), U.S. Navy (5 flights)STS-56 Discovery (Science Mission; Flew as a Mission specialist)
STS-69 Endeavour (2nd flight of the
Wake Shield Facility)
STS-80 Columbia (3rd flight of the
Wake Shield Facility)
STS-98 Atlantis (ISS Assembily Mission - Launched the Destiny Laboratory Module)
STS-111 Endeavour (ISS Resupply Mission; Launched
Expedition 5)
Eileen Collins (born 1956), U.S. Air Force (4 flights)STS-63 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission; became the first female pilot of a U.S. Spacecraft)
STS-84 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
STS-93 Columbia (Deployed Chandra X-Ray Observatory; became the first female commander of a U.S. Spacecraft)
STS-114 Discovery (Return to Flight)
William G. Gregory (born 1957), U.S. Air Force (1 flight)STS-67 Endeavour (2nd flight of the ASTRO telescope)
James D. Halsell (born 1956), U.S. Air Force (5 flights)STS-65 Columbia (Science Mission)
STS-74 Atlantis (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-101 Atlantis (ISS Supply Mission)
Charles J. Precourt (born 1955), U.S. Air Force (4 flights)STS-55 Columbia (
German Spacelab Mission)
STS-71 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
STS-84 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
STS-91 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
Richard A. Searfoss (born 1956), U.S. Air Force (3 flights)STS-58 Columbia (Science Mission)
STS-76 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
STS-90 Columbia (Science Mission)
Terrence W. Wilcutt (born 1949), U.S. Marine Corps (4 flights)STS-68 Endeavour (Science Mission)
STS-79 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
STS-89 Endeavour (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
STS-106 Atlantis (ISS Supply Mission)
Daniel W. Bursch (born 1957), U.S. Navy (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 (born 1960), Engineer (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 (born 1952), U.S. Army (3 flights)STS-53 Discovery (Classified DoD Mission)
STS-59 Endeavour (Science Mission)
STS-76 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
Nancy J. Currie (born 1958), U.S. Army (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. (born 1956), Physician (2 flights)STS-55 Columbia (
German Spacelab Mission)
STS-63 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
Susan J. Helms (born 1958), U.S. Air Force (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 (born 1955), U.S. Air Force (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 (born 1951), U.S. Army (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 (born 1956), Physicist (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 (born 1958), Engineer (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 (born 1952), U.S. Air Force (2 flights)STS-60 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)STS-76
Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
Donald A. Thomas (born 1955), Engineer (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 (1956-2012), Engineer (5 flights)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)
