Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
HilmersDavid CarlUSA |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 28.01.1950 |
| Birthplace | Clinton, Iowa |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 19.05.1980 |
| Selection group: | NASA-9 |
| Position: | MSP |
| Status: | Ret. ??.??.1992 |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | STS-51J Atlantis | MS | 03.10. - 07.10.1985 | 4d 01h 44m |
| 2 | STS-26 Discovery | MS | 29.09. - 03.10.1988 | 4d 00h 01m |
| 3 | STS-36 Atlantis | MS | 28.02. - 04.03.1990 | 4d 10h 18m |
| 4 | STS-42 Discovery | MS | 22.01. - 30.01.1992 | 8d 01h 14m |
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| Total | 20d 14h 16m | |||
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Additional information
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Bachelor of arts in mathematics from Cornell
College, 1972; master of science in electrical Engineering, and degree of
electrical engineer from U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, 1977 and 1979,
respectively; Colonel,
USMC, Ret.; hobbies: Playing the piano, gardening,
electronics, spending time with his family, all types of sports; later he began
graduate work at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; completed his
M.D.
degree (doctor of medicine) and he is now an associate professor of medicine at
Baylor College of Medicine. |
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