NASA Astronaut Group 9 - Mission Specialists

Mission Specialists

• James P. Bagian (2 flights) Retired

STS-29 Discovery - Mission Specialist 1: Deployed TDRS-D

STS-40 Columbia - Mission Specialist 1: Spacelab: SLS-1

• Franklin Chang-Diaz (7 flights) Retired

STS-61-C Columbia - Mission Specialist 1: Deployed Ku-1 communications satellite

STS-34 Atlantis - Mission Specialist 1: Deployed the Galileo probe

STS-46 Atlantis - Mission Specialist 2: Deployed ESA’s European Retrievable Carrier and flew the Tethered Satellite System’s TSS-1 mission

STS-60 Discovery - Mission Specialist 3: Spacehab 2

STS-75 Columbia - Mission Specialist 4/Payload Commander: The Tethered Satellite System’s TSS-1R mission

STS-91 Discovery - Mission Specialist 2: Final Shuttle/Mir mission

STS-111 Endeavour - Mission Specialist 1: Installed the Mobile Base System for Canadarm2 on the ISS

• Mary L. Cleave (2 flights) Retired

STS-61-B Atlantis - Mission Specialist 1: Deployed 3 communication satellites

STS-30 Atlantis - Mission Specialist 2: Deployed the Magellan probe

• Bonnie J. Dunbar (5 flights) Retired

STS-61-A Challenger - Mission Specialist 1: Spacelab D1

STS-32 Columbia - Mission Specialist 1: Deployed the SYNCOM IV-F5 satellite; retrieved the Long Duration Exposure Facility

STS-50 Columbia - Mission Specialist 1: Spacelab: U.S. Microgravity Laboratory 1

STS-71 Atlantis - Mission Specialist 3: First Shuttle/Mir docking

STS-89 Endeavour - Mission Specialist 3: Eighth Shuttle/Mir docking

• William Frederick Fisher (1 flight) Retired

STS-51-I Discovery - Mission Specialist 3: Deployed three communications satellites

• David C. Hilmers (4 flights) Retired

STS-51-J Atlantis - Mission Specialist 1: Was a classified United States Department of Defense mission

STS-26 Discovery - Mission Specialist 3: Was the "Return-to-Flight" shuttle mission following the Challenger disaster; deployed TDRS-C

STS-36 Atlantis - Mission Specialist 2: Was a classified United States Department of Defense mission

STS-42 Discovery - Mission Specialist 2: Spacelab: IML-1

• David Leestma (3 flights) Retired, But Still Works at NASA as Manager of JSC’s Advanced Planning Office

STS-41-G Challenger - Mission Specialist 3: Deployed the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite

STS-28 Columbia - Mission Specialist 2: Was a classified United States Department of Defense mission

STS-45 Atlantis - Mission Specialist 2: ATLAS-1

• John M. Lounge (3 flights) (1946-2011) Deceased

STS-51-I Discovery - Mission Specialist 2: Deployed three communications satellites

STS-26 Discovery - Mission Specialist 1: Was the "Return-to-Flight" shuttle mission following the Challenger disaster; deployed TDRS-C

STS-35 Columbia - Mission Specialist 2: ASTRO-1

• Jerry L. Ross (7 flights) Retired, But Still Works at NASA as Chief of JSC’s Vehicle Integration Test Office

STS-61-B Atlantis - Mission Specialist 2: Deployed 3 communication satellites

STS-27 Atlantis - Mission Specialist 2: Was a classified United States Department of Defense mission

STS-37 Atlantis - Mission Specialist 1: Launched the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory

STS-55 Columbia - Mission Specialist 1: Spacelab: D2

STS-74 Atlantis - Mission Specialist 2: Second Shuttle/Mir docking

STS-88 Endeavour - Mission Specialist 1: First shuttle mission to the International Space Station; delivered Unity (Node 1) and the first two Pressurized Mating Adapters

STS-110 Atlantis - Mission Specialist 1: Delivered the S0 Truss and the Mobile Transporter for Canadarm2

• Sherwood C. Spring (1 flight) Retired

STS-61-B Atlantis - Mission Specialist 3: Deployed 3 communication satellites

• Robert C. Springer (2 flights) Retired

STS-29 Discovery - Mission Specialist 3: Deployed TDRS-D

STS-38 Atlantis - Mission Specialist 1: Was a classified United States Department of Defense mission