Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
LichtenbergByron KurtUSA |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 19.02.1948 |
| Birthplace: | Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | five (including two Chinese children adopted) |
| Selection date: | 18.05.1978 |
| Selection group: | Spacelab-1 / EOM / ATLAS |
| Position: | PSP |
| Status: | Ret. 02.04.1992 |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | STS-9 Columbia | PS | 28.11. - 08.12.1983 | 10d 07h 47m |
| 2 | STS-45 Atlantis | PS | 24.03. - 02.04.1992 | 8d 22h 09m |
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| Total | 19d 05h 56m | |||
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Additional information
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Bachelor of science in aerospace engineering
from Brown University, 1969; master of science in mechanical engineering and
Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from
MIT 1975 and 1979, respectively; unsuccessful
application for
NASA
astronaut groups 8 and
9; hobbies: Golf,
raquetball, windsurfing, skiing, scuba diving; since 1995 he serves as pilot
for Southwest Airlines; in 2003 he served as CapCom (for X-Prize Foundation)
during the Atlantic flight of Lindbergh grandson Erik. |
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