Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 16.10.1956 |
| Birthplace: | Chuuk (formerly Truk) / Micronesia |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | three |
| Selection date: | 17.01.1990 |
| Selection group: | NASA-13 |
| Job:Position: | MSP |
| Status: | Ret. ??.07.2008 |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | STS-51 Discovery | MS | 12.09. - 22.09.1993 | 9d 20h 11m |
| 2 | STS-69 Endeavour | MS | 07.09. - 18.09.1995 | 10d 20h 28m |
| 3 | STS-88 Endeavour | MS | 04.12. - 16.12.1998 | 11d 19h 18m |
| 4 | STS-109 Columbia | MS | 01.03. - 12.03.2002 | 10d 22h 10m |
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Additional information
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Bachelor of arts in physics from Dartmouth
College, 1978; master of arts and
Ph.D. in physics from Rice University, 1982 and 1984
respectively; unsuccessful application for
NASA
astronaut group 11;
hobbies: hiking, soccer, softball, squash, soaring; was Director Human
Spaceflight Program, Russia; since March 2006
NASA Visiting Professor, Naval Postgraduate School,
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