NASA Astronaut Group 11 The Astronauts of Group 11
Year selected 1985 Number selected 13
NASA Astronaut Group 11 was a group of 13 NASA astronauts announced on 4 June 1985.[ 1]
Group members
Pilots
STS-43 Atlantis — August 1991 — Pilot — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite deployment[ 3]
STS-52 Columbia — October/November 1992 — Pilot — LAGEOS -II deployment and operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1)[ 4]
STS-68 Endeavour — September/October 1994 — Commander — Radar imaging[ 5]
STS-81 Atlantis — January 1997 — Commander — fifth Shuttle-Mir mission[ 6]
Robert D. Cabana (born 1949), U.S. Marine Corps (4 flights)[ 7] - NASA Associate Administrator (2021-2023)
STS-41 Discovery — October 1990 — Pilot — Ulysses probe deployment[ 8]
STS-53 Discovery — December 1992 — Pilot — classified United States Department of Defense payload[ 9]
STS-65 Columbia — July 1994 — Commander — second International Microgravity Laboratory mission[ 10]
STS-88 Endeavour — December 1998 — Commander — first Space Shuttle mission to the ISS [ 11]
STS-45 Atlantis — March/April 1992 — Pilot — Spacelab mission[ 13]
STS-57 Endeavour — June/July 1993 — Pilot — SPACEHAB mission[ 14]
STS-72 Endeavour — January 1996 — Commander — capture and return of Space Flyer Unit (SFU)[ 15]
STS-92 Discovery — October 2000 — Commander — ISS assembly flight and 100th mission of the Space Shuttle [ 16]
STS-44 Atlantis — November/December 1991 — Pilot — Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite deployment[ 18]
STS-55 Columbia — April/May 1993 — Pilot — Spacelab mission[ 19]
STS-70 Discovery — July 1995 — Commander — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) deployment[ 20]
STS-78 Columbia — June/July 1996 — Commander — Spacelab mission[ 21]
STS-42 Discovery — January 1992 — Pilot — Spacelab mission[ 23]
STS-56 Discovery — April 1993 — Pilot — Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2) operation[ 24]
STS-67 Endeavour — March 1995 — Commander — Spacelab mission[ 25]
Died in an airplane accident before he could finish astronaut training.[ 26]
Mission specialists
STS-37 Atlantis — April 1991 — Mission Specialist — Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) deployment[ 28]
STS-47 Endeavour — September 1992 — Mission Specialist — Spacelab mission[ 29]
STS-59 Endeavour — April 1994 — Mission Specialist — Spaceborne Imaging Radar -C (SIR-C) operation[ 30]
STS-79 Atlantis — September 1996 — Mission Specialist — first shuttle mission to a fully completed Mir space station[ 31]
STS-38 Atlantis — November 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified United States Department of Defense payload[ 33]
STS-48 Discovery — September 1991 — Mission Specialist — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite deployment[ 34]
STS-62 Columbia — March 1994 — Mission Specialist — operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-2 (USMP-2)[ 35]
STS-37 Atlantis — April 1991 — Mission Specialist — Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) deployment[ 28]
STS-59 Endeavour — April 1994 — Mission Specialist — Spaceborne Imaging Radar -C (SIR-C) operation[ 30]
STS-76 Atlantis — March 1996 — Mission Specialist — third Shuttle-Mir mission[ 37]
STS-108 Endeavour — December 2001 — Mission Specialist — ISS crew rotation mission[ 38]
STS-39 Discovery — April/May 1991 — Mission Specialist — United States Department of Defense research mission[ 40]
STS-49 Endeavour — May 1992 — Mission Specialist — Maiden flight of Endeavour , Intelsat 603 capture and redeployment to a correct orbit, first and only (as of 2019) EVA involving three astronauts[ 41]
STS-65 Columbia — July 1994 — Mission Specialist — second International Microgravity Laboratory mission[ 10]
STS-40 Columbia — June 1991 — Mission Specialist — fifth Spacelab mission and the first dedicated solely to biology [ 43]
STS-52 Columbia — October/November 1992 — Mission Specialist — LAGEOS -II deployment and operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1)[ 4]
STS-67 Endeavour — March 1995 — Mission Specialist — Spacelab mission[ 25]
STS-80 Columbia — November/December 1996 — Mission Specialist — Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer-Shuttle Pallet Satellite II (ORFEUS-SPAS II) and Wake Shield Facility-3 deployment, operation as free-floating satellites and recapture[ 44]
STS-96 Discovery — May/June 1999 — Mission Specialist — ISS assembly and logistics, first Space Shuttle flight to dock with the ISS[ 45]
STS-38 Atlantis — November 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified United States Department of Defense payload[ 33]
STS-50 Columbia — June/July 1992 — Mission Specialist — U.S. Microgravity Laboratory 1 Spacelab mission[ 47]
STS-64 Discovery — September 1994 — Mission Specialist — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment (LITE) operation and the last untethered U.S. extravehicular activity (EVA ) during the Space Shuttle program[ 48]
STS-36 Atlantis — February/March 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified United States Department of Defense payload[ 50]
STS-49 Endeavour — May 1992 — Mission Specialist — Maiden flight of Endeavour , Intelsat 603 capture and redeployment to a correct orbit, first and only (as of 2019) EVA involving three astronauts[ 41]
STS-62 Columbia — March 1994 — Mission Specialist — operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-2 (USMP-2)[ 35]
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This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration .
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Pilots Mission specialists