NASA Astronaut Group 9 - Pilots

Pilots

• John E. Blaha (5 flights) Retired

STS-29 Discovery - Pilot: Deployed TDRS-D

STS-33 Discovery - Pilot: Was a classified United States Department of Defense mission

STS-43 Atlantis - Commander: Deployed TDRS-E

STS-58 Columbia - Commander: Spacelab: SLS-2

STS-79 Atlantis - Mission Specialist 4: Launched for long duration flight aboard Mir

Mir EO-22: Board Engineer 2

STS-81 Atlantis - Mission Specialist 4: Landed from long duration flight aboard Mir

• Charles F. Bolden, Jr. (4 flights) Retired, Also Current NASA Administrator

STS-61-C Columbia - Pilot: Deployed Ku-1 communications satellite

STS-31 Discovery - Pilot: Deployed the Hubble Space Telescope

STS-45 Atlantis - Commander: ATLAS-1

STS-60 Discovery - Commander: Spacehab 2

• Roy D. Bridges, Jr. (1 flight) Retired

STS-51-F Challenger - Pilot: Spacelab 2

• Guy S. Gardner (2 flights) Retired

STS-27 Atlantis - Pilot: Was a classified United States Department of Defense mission

STS-35 Columbia - Pilot: ASTRO-1

• Ronald J. Grabe (4 flights) Retired

STS-51-J Atlantis - Pilot: Was a classified United States Department of Defense mission

STS-30 Atlantis - Pilot: Deployed the Magellan probe

STS-42 Discovery - Commander: Spacelab: IML-1

STS-57 Endeavour - Commander: Spacehab

• Bryan D. O'Connor (2 flights) Retired, Current NASA Chief of Safety and Mission Assurance

STS-61-B Atlantis - Pilot: Deployed 3 communication satellites

STS-40 Columbia - Commander: Spacelab: SLS-1

• Richard N. Richards (4 flights) Retired

STS-28 Columbia - Pilot: Was a classified United States Department of Defense mission

STS-41 Discovery - Commander: Deployed the Ulysses (spacecraft)

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

STS-64 Discovery - Commander: Lidar In-space Technology Experiment (LITE)

• Michael J. Smith (1 flight) (1945-1986) Deceased During the Challenger Disaster

STS-51-L Challenger - Pilot: Planned to Deploy TDRS-B