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NASA Astronaut Group 13

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.

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Pilots

  • 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)

    Mission specialists

  • 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)

    References

    NASA Astronaut Group 13 Wikipedia