NASA-8 Selection

Date of selection:     16. January 1978

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No. Rank Name Profession /
Armed forces		 Age Retirement /
Death		 Age
01 Maj. Guion S. Bluford Engineer USAF 35 15.06.1993 50
02 Lt.Cdr. Daniel C. Brandenstein Pilot USN 34 01.10.1992 49
03 Capt. James F. Buchli Engineer USMC 32 ??.08.1992 47
04 Lt.Cdr. Michael L. Coats Pilot USN 32 01.08.1991 45
05 Capt. Richard O. Covey Pilot USAF 31 01.07.1994 47
06 Lt.Cdr. John O. Creighton Pilot USN 34 15.07.1992 49
07 Maj. John M. Fabian Engineer USAF 38 31.12.1985 46
08 --- Anna L. Fisher Physician 28 ??.06.2006 56
09 Lt. Dale A. Gardner Engineer USN 29 ??.10.1986 37
10 Lt. Robert L. Gibson Pilot USN 31 15.11.1996 50
11 Maj. Frederick D. Gregory Pilot USAF 37 ??.04.1992 51
12 --- S. David Griggs Test Pilot 38 17.06.1989 (+) 49
13 --- Terry J. Hart Electrical Engineer 31 15.06.1984 37
14 Lt.Cdr. Frederick H. Hauck Pilot USN 36 03.04.1989 47
15 --- Steven A. Hawley Astronomer 26 27.02.2008 56
16 --- Jeffrey A. Hoffman Astrophysicist 33 ??.07.1997 52
17 --- Shannon W. Lucid Chemist 35 ??.01.2012 68
18 Lt.Cdr. Jon A. McBride Pilot USN 34 12.05.1989 45
19 --- Ronald E. McNair Physicist 27 28.01.1986 (+) 35
20 Capt. Richard M. Mullane Engineer USAF 32 01.08.1990 44
21 Capt. Steven R. Nagel Pilot USAF 31 28.02.1995 48
22 --- George D. Nelson Astronomer 27 30.06.1989 38
23 Capt. Ellison S. Onizuka Engineer USAF 31 28.01.1986 (+) 39
24 --- Judith A. Resnik Electrical Engineer 28 28.01.1986 (+) 36
25 --- Sally K. Ride Physicist 26 15.08.1987 36
26 Maj. F. Richard Scobee Pilot USAF 38 28.01.1986 (+) 46
27 --- Margaret R. Seddon Physician 30 23.02.1998 50
28 Capt. Brewster H. Shaw Pilot USAF 32 ??.10.1989 43
29 Capt. Loren J. Shriver Pilot USAF 33 ??.05.1993 48
30 Maj. Robert L. Stewart Engineer US Army 35 ??.01.1986 43
31 --- Kathryn D. Sullivan Ozeanographer 26 ??.06.1993 41
32 --- Norman E. Thagard Physician 34 03.01.1996 52
33 --- James D.A. van Hoften Engineer 33 01.08.1986 42
34 Lt.Cdr. David M. Walker Pilot USN 33 15.04.1996 51
35 Lt.Cdr. Donald E. Williams Pilot USN 35 01.03.1990 48


Astronaut training:
??.07.1978 Bluford, Brandenstein, Buchli, Coats, Covey, Creighton, Fabian, Fisher, Gardner, Gibson, Gregory, Griggs, Hart, Hauck, Hawley, Hoffman, Lucid, McBride, McNair, Mullane, Nagel, Nelson, Onizuka, Resnik, Ride, Scobee, Seddon, Shaw, Shriver, Stewart, Sullivan, Thagard, van Hoften, Walker, Williams
 
Examination:
??.07.1979 Bluford, Brandenstein, Buchli, Coats, Covey, Creighton, Fabian, Fisher, Gardner, Gibson, Gregory, Griggs, Hart, Hauck, Hawley, Hoffman, Lucid, McBride, McNair, Mullane, Nagel, Nelson, Onizuka, Resnik, Ride, Scobee, Seddon, Shaw, Shriver, Stewart, Sullivan, Thagard, van Hoften, Walker, Williams
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