Name: Thirsk, Robert Country: Canada M/F: M Number of Flights: 1

Space Flights Launch Date - Shuttle Landing Date - Shuttle
1. STS-78 June 20, 1996 - Columbia July 7, 1996 - Columbia

Space Flights Descriptions
STS-41G
(Backup Crew)
Deployed Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS)
Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications Payload 3 (OSTA-3) containing remote sensing experiments - First space flight to include two women
1. STS-78 Life and Microgravity Spacelab Mission (LMS)
Soyuz TMA-6
(Backup Crew)
ISS Crew Transfer Flight 10S (ISS "Alpha" ENEIDE Mission)

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Foreign Astronauts launched by USA
International Space Station Program - Backup Crew Canadian Astronauts
Space Shuttle Program - 1996 (PS) / Backup Crew

Updated - June 10, 2006