| Approach and Landing Tests | 1985 - 1986 | 1991 - 1992 | 1995 - 1996 | 1999 - 2010 |
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| 1981 - 1984 | 1988 - 1990 | 1993 - 1994 | 1997 - 1998 | Backups |
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| STS-37 (Compton GRO) |
April 5, 1991 (14:22 GMT) |
April 11, 1991 (13:55 GMT) |
Steven Nagel | USA | M | Commander |
| Kenneth Cameron | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Linda Godwin | USA | F | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Atlantis (8th Mission) |
Jerry Ross | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| Jerome "Jay" Apt | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| STS-39 (DOD) |
April 28, 1991 (11:33 GMT) |
May 6, 1991 (18:55 GMT) |
Michael Coats | USA | M | Commander |
| Blaine Hammond | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Gregory Harbaugh | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Donald McMonagle | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | |||
| Discovery (12th Mission) |
Guion Bluford | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | ||
| Charles Veach | USA | M | Mission Specialist 4 | |||
| Richard Hieb | USA | M | Mission Specialist 5 | |||
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| STS-40 (SLS-1) |
June 5, 1991 (13:24 GMT) |
June 14, 1991 (15:39 GMT) |
Bryan O'Connor | USA | M | Commander |
| Sidney Gutierrez | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| James Bagian | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Tamara Jernigan | USA | F | Mission Specialist 2 | |||
| Columbia (11th Mission) |
Margaret Rhea Seddon | USA | F | Mission Specialist 3 | ||
| Andrew Gaffney | USA | M | Payload Specialist 1 | |||
| Millie Hughes-Fulford | USA | F | Payload Specialist 2 | |||
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| STS-43 (TDRS-5) |
August 2, 1991 (15:02 GMT) |
August 11, 1991 (12:23 GMT) |
John Blaha | USA | M | Commander |
| Michael Baker | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Shannon Lucid | USA | F | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Atlantis (9th Mission) |
David Low | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| James Adamson | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| STS-48 (UARS) |
September 12, 1991 (23:11 GMT) |
September 18, 1991 (07:38 GMT) |
John Creighton | USA | M | Commander |
| Kenneth Reightler | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| James Buchli | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Discovery (13th Mission) |
Mark Brown | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| Charles Gemar | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| STS-44 (DOD) |
November 24, 1991 (23:44 GMT) |
December 1, 1991 (22:34 GMT) |
Frederick Gregory | USA | M | Commander |
| Terence Henricks | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| James Voss | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Atlantis (10th Mission) |
Story Musgrave | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| Mario Runco | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
| Thomas Hennen | USA | M | Payload Specialist 1 | |||
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| STS-42 (IML-1) |
January 22, 1992 (14:52 GMT) |
January 30, 1992 (16:07 GMT) |
Ronald Grabe | USA | M | Commander |
| Stephen Oswald | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Norman Thagard | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| William Readdy | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | |||
| Discovery (14th Mission) |
David Hilmers | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | ||
| Roberta Bondar | Canada | F | Payload Specialist 1 | |||
| Ulf Merbold | Germany | M | Payload Specialist 2 | |||
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| STS-45 (ATLAS-1) |
March 24, 1992 (13:13 GMT) |
April 2, 1992 (11:23 GMT) |
Charles Bolden | USA | M | Commander |
| Brian Duffy | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Kathryn Sullivan | USA | F | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| David Leestma | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | |||
| Atlantis (11th Mission) |
Michael Foale | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | ||
| Dirk Frimout | Belgium | M | Payload Specialist 1 | |||
| Byron Lichtenberg | USA | M | Payload Specialist 2 | |||
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| STS-49 (Intelsat 603 Rescue) |
May 7, 1992 (23:40 GMT) |
May 16, 1992 (20:57 GMT) |
Daniel Brandenstein | USA | M | Commander |
| Kevin Chilton | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Richard Hieb | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Bruce Melnick | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | |||
| Endeavour (1st Mission) |
Pierre Thuot | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | ||
| Kathryn Thornton | USA | F | Mission Specialist 4 | |||
| Thomas Akers | USA | M | Mission Specialist 5 | |||
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| STS-50 (USML-1) |
June 25, 1992 (16:12 GMT) |
July 9, 1992 (11:43 GMT) |
Richard Richards | USA | M | Commander |
| Kenneth Bowersox | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Bonnie Dunbar | USA | F | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Ellen Baker | USA | F | Mission Specialist 2 | |||
| Columbia (12th Mission) |
Carl Meade | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | ||
| Lawrence DeLucas | USA | M | Payload Specialist 1 | |||
| Eugene Trinh | USA | M | Payload Specialist 2 | |||
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| STS-46 (TSS-1) (EURECA Deploy) |
July 31, 1992 (13:56 GMT) |
August 8, 1992 (13:11 GMT) |
Loren Shriver | USA | M | Commander |
| Andrew Allen | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Claude Nicollier | Switzerland | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Marsha Ivins | USA | F | Mission Specialist 2 | |||
| Atlantis (12th Mission) |
Jeffrey Hoffman | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | ||
| Franklin Chang-Diaz | USA | M | Mission Specialist 4 | |||
| Franco Malerba | Italy | M | Payload Specialist 1 | |||
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| STS-47 (SL-J) |
September 12, 1992 (14:23 GMT) |
September 20, 1992 (12:53 GMT) |
Robert Gibson | USA | M | Commander |
| Curtis Brown | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Mark Lee | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Jerome "Jay" Apt | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | |||
| Endeavour (2nd Mission) |
Jan Davis | USA | F | Mission Specialist 3 | ||
| Mae Jemison | USA | F | Mission Specialist 4 | |||
| Mamoru Mohri | Japan | M | Payload Specialist 1 | |||
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| STS-52 (LAGEOS-II) (USMP-1) |
October 22, 1992 (17:09 GMT) |
November 1, 1992 (12:53 GMT) |
James Wetherbee | USA | M | Commander |
| Michael Baker | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Charles Veach | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| William Shepherd | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | |||
| Columbia (13th Mission) |
Tamara Jernigan | USA | F | Mission Specialist 3 | ||
| Steve MacLean | Canada | M | Payload Specialist 1 | |||
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| STS-53 (DOD) |
December 2, 1992 (13:24 GMT) |
December 9, 1992 (20:43 GMT) |
David Walker | USA | M | Commander |
| Robert Cabana | USA | M | Pilot | |||
| Guion Bluford | USA | M | Mission Specialist 1 | |||
| Discovery (15th Mission) |
James Voss | USA | M | Mission Specialist 2 | ||
| Michael Richard Clifford | USA | M | Mission Specialist 3 | |||
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| Flight Name | Country Involved | Crew Member | Backup Crew Member | |
| STS-42 | Canada | Roberta Bondar | Kenneth Money | |
| Germany | Ulf Merbold | Roger Crouch (USA) | ||
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| STS-45 | Belgium | Dirk Frimout | Michael Lampton (USA) | |
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| STS-46 | Switzerland | Claude Nicollier | - | |
| Italy | Franco Malerba | Umberto Guidoni | ||
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| STS-47 | Japan | Mamoru Mohri | Chiaki Mukai | Takao Doi |
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| STS-52 | Canada | Steve MacLean | Bjarni Tryggvason | |
| Approach and Landing Tests | 1985 - 1986 | 1991 - 1992 | 1995 - 1996 | 1999 - 2010 |
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| 1981 - 1984 | 1988 - 1990 | 1993 - 1994 | 1997 - 1998 | Backups |
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