NASA Astronaut Group 11

NASA Astronaut Group 11 was a group of 13 NASA astronauts announced on 4 June 1985.

Group members

Pilots

• Michael A. Baker (born 1953), U.S. Navy (4 flights)

STS-43 Atlantis — August 1991 — Pilot — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite deployment

STS-52 Columbia — October/November 1992 — Pilot — LAGEOS-II deployment and operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1)

STS-68 Endeavour — September/October 1994 — Commander — Radar imaging

STS-81 Atlantis — January 1997 — Commander — fifth Shuttle-Mir mission

• Robert D. Cabana (born 1949), U.S. Marine Corps (4 flights) - NASA Associate Administrator (2021-2023)

STS-41 Discovery — October 1990 — Pilot — Ulysses probe deployment

STS-53 Discovery — December 1992 — Pilot — classified United States Department of Defense payload

STS-65 Columbia — July 1994 — Commander — second International Microgravity Laboratory mission

STS-88 Endeavour — December 1998 — Commander — first Space Shuttle mission to the ISS

• Brian Duffy (born 1953), U.S. Air Force (4 flights)

STS-45 Atlantis — March/April 1992 — Pilot — Spacelab mission

STS-57 Endeavour — June/July 1993 — Pilot — SPACEHAB mission

STS-72 Endeavour — January 1996 — Commander — capture and return of Space Flyer Unit (SFU)

STS-92 Discovery — October 2000 — Commander — ISS assembly flight and 100th mission of the Space Shuttle

• Terence T. Henricks (born 1952), U.S. Air Force (4 flights)

STS-44 Atlantis — November/December 1991 — Pilot — Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite deployment

STS-55 Columbia — April/May 1993 — Pilot — Spacelab mission

STS-70 Discovery — July 1995 — Commander — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) deployment

STS-78 Columbia — June/July 1996 — Commander — Spacelab mission

• Stephen S. Oswald (born 1951), U.S. Navy (3 flights)

STS-42 Discovery — January 1992 — Pilot — Spacelab mission

STS-56 Discovery — April 1993 — Pilot — Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2) operation

STS-67 Endeavour — March 1995 — Commander — Spacelab mission

• Stephen Thorne (1953–1986), U.S. Navy

Died in an airplane accident before he could finish astronaut training.

Mission specialists

• Jerome Apt (born 1949), Physicist (4 flights)

STS-37 Atlantis — April 1991 — Mission Specialist — Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) deployment

STS-47 Endeavour — September 1992 — Mission Specialist — Spacelab mission

STS-59 Endeavour — April 1994 — Mission Specialist — Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) operation

STS-79 Atlantis — September 1996 — Mission Specialist — first shuttle mission to a fully completed Mir space station

• Charles D. Gemar (born 1955), U.S. Army (3 flights)

STS-38 Atlantis — November 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified United States Department of Defense payload

STS-48 Discovery — September 1991 — Mission Specialist — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite deployment

STS-62 Columbia — March 1994 — Mission Specialist — operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-2 (USMP-2)

• Linda M. Godwin (born 1952), Scientist (4 flights) - Currently Assistant to the Director for Exploration, Flight Crew Operations Directorate at the Johnson Space Center

STS-37 Atlantis — April 1991 — Mission Specialist — Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) deployment

STS-59 Endeavour — April 1994 — Mission Specialist — Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) operation

STS-76 Atlantis — March 1996 — Mission Specialist — third Shuttle-Mir mission

STS-108 Endeavour — December 2001 — Mission Specialist — ISS crew rotation mission

• Richard Hieb (born 1955), Engineer (3 flights)

STS-39 Discovery — April/May 1991 — Mission Specialist — United States Department of Defense research mission

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

STS-65 Columbia — July 1994 — Mission Specialist — second International Microgravity Laboratory mission

• Tamara E. Jernigan (born 1959), Scientist (5 flights)

STS-40 Columbia — June 1991 — Mission Specialist — fifth Spacelab mission and the first dedicated solely to biology

STS-52 Columbia — October/November 1992 — Mission Specialist — LAGEOS-II deployment and operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1)

STS-67 Endeavour — March 1995 — Mission Specialist — Spacelab mission

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

STS-96 Discovery — May/June 1999 — Mission Specialist — ISS assembly and logistics, first Space Shuttle flight to dock with the ISS

• Carl J. Meade (born 1950), U.S. Air Force (3 flights)

STS-38 Atlantis — November 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified United States Department of Defense payload

STS-50 Columbia — June/July 1992 — Mission Specialist — U.S. Microgravity Laboratory 1 Spacelab mission

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

• Pierre J. Thuot (born 1955), U.S. Navy (3 flights)

STS-36 Atlantis — February/March 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified United States Department of Defense payload

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

STS-62 Columbia — March 1994 — Mission Specialist — operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-2 (USMP-2)

See also

• List of astronauts by year of selection

References