Famous People:
Relationships, Real Names, Movies, Bands, Rappers, Ancestry, ...

8 Persons on Space Mission STS-61-A:

Bonnie Dunbar

engineer, space, educator, hall of fame

Real/Birth Name:

Bonnie Jeanne Dunbar

Also Known As:

Bonnie J. Dunbar

Gender:

Female

Birth Date:

March 3, 1949

Age today:

Traditional Zodiac Sign:

Pisces ♓ - the Fish - people born February 20 through March 20

Birth Place:

Sunnyside, Washington, USA

Brief Facts:

NASA astronaut. Women in Technology International Hall of Fame 2000. U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame 2013.

Space Missions:

STS-32
Shuttle Columbia, launched January 09, 1990
Duration: 10d 21h.

STS-50
Shuttle Columbia, launched June 25, 1992
Duration: 13d 19h.

STS-61-A
Shuttle Challenger, launched October 30, 1985
Duration: 7d 0h.

STS-71
Shuttle Atlantis, launched June 27, 1995
Duration: 9d 19h.

STS-89
Shuttle Endeavour, launched January 22, 1998
Duration: 8d 19h.

Ernst Messerschmid

space

Real/Birth Name:

Ernst Messerschmid

Gender:

Male

Brief Facts:

Astronaut.

Space Missions:

STS-61-A
Shuttle Challenger, launched October 30, 1985
Duration: 7d 0h.

Guion Bluford

space, engineer, aviator, hall of fame

Real/Birth Name:

Guion Stewart Bluford Jr.

Nickname(s):

Guy

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

November 22, 1942

Age today:

Traditional Zodiac Sign:

Scorpio ♏ - the Scorpion - people born October 24 through November 22

Birth Place:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Brief Facts:

Astronaut. The first African-American in space. U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame 2010. International Space Hall of Fame.

Space Missions:

STS-39
Shuttle Discovery, launched April 28, 1991
Duration: 8d 7h.

STS-53
Shuttle Discovery, launched December 02, 1992
Duration: 7d 7h.

STS-61-A
Shuttle Challenger, launched October 30, 1985
Duration: 7d 0h.

STS-8
Shuttle Challenger, launched August 30, 1983
Duration: 6d 1h.

Henry Hartsfield

aviator, space, hall of fame

Real/Birth Name:

Henry Warren Hartsfield Jr.

Nickname(s):

Hank

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

November 21, 1933

Death Date:

July 17, 2014

Age at Death:

Traditional Zodiac Sign:

Scorpio ♏ - the Scorpion - people born October 24 through November 22

Birth Place:

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Brief Facts:

Test pilot in the Air Force. Astronaut. Commanded the first Shuttle mission, using Discovery. U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame 2006. Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame 1983.

Space Missions:

STS-4
Shuttle Columbia, launched June 27, 1982
Duration: 7d 1h.

STS-41-D
Shuttle Discovery, launched August 30, 1984
Duration: 6d 0h.

STS-61-A
Shuttle Challenger, launched October 30, 1985
Duration: 7d 0h.

James Buchli

space, hall of fame

Real/Birth Name:

James Buchli

Gender:

Male

Birth Place:

New Rockford, North Dakota, USA

Brief Facts:

Astronaut. U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame 2018.

Space Missions:

STS-29
Shuttle Discovery, launched March 13, 1989
Duration: 4d 23h.

STS-48
Shuttle Discovery, launched September 12, 1991
Duration: 5d 8h.

STS-51-C
Shuttle Discovery, launched January 24, 1985
Duration: 3d 1h.

STS-61-A
Shuttle Challenger, launched October 30, 1985
Duration: 7d 0h.

Reinhard Furrer

space, scientist

Real/Birth Name:

Reinhard Alfred Furrer

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

November 25, 1940

Death Date:

September 9, 1995

Age at Death:

Traditional Zodiac Sign:

Sagittarius ♐ - the Archer or Centaur - people born November 23 through December 22

Birth Place:

Worgl, (then Germany), Austria

Brief Facts:

Astronaut. Physicist.

Space Missions:

STS-61-A
Shuttle Challenger, launched October 30, 1985
Duration: 7d 0h.

Steven R. Nagel

space, aviator, engineer, educator

Real/Birth Name:

Steven Ray Nagel

Also Known As:

Steven Nagel

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

October 27, 1946

Death Date:

August 21, 2014

Age at Death:

Traditional Zodiac Sign:

Scorpio ♏ - the Scorpion - people born October 24 through November 22

Birth Place:

Canton, Illinois, USA

Relationships:

husband of

Linda Godwin, until he died.

Older than Linda Godwin by 5 years.

Details - all relationships

List - people connecting

Brief Facts:

Astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer. 723 hours in space.

Space Missions:

STS-37
Shuttle Atlantis, launched April 05, 1991
Duration: 5d 23h.

STS-51-G
Shuttle Discovery, launched June 17, 1985
Duration: 7d 1h.

STS-55
Shuttle Columbia, launched April 26, 1993
Duration: 9d 23h.

STS-61-A
Shuttle Challenger, launched October 30, 1985
Duration: 7d 0h.

Wubbo Ockels

space, scientist, educator

Real/Birth Name:

Wubbo Johannes Ockels

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

March 28, 1946

Death Date:

May 18, 2014

Age at Death:

Traditional Zodiac Sign:

Aries ♈ - the Ram - people born March 21 through April 20

Birth Place:

Almelo, Netherlands

Brief Facts:

Physicist. The first Dutch person in space, the SpaceLab D1 mission. Died of cancer.

Space Missions:

SpaceLab D1 (1985)
October 30 - November 6. Shuttle mission STS-61-A, funded and directed by West Germany. 3 payload specialists, 2 Germans, one Dutch.

STS-61-A
Shuttle Challenger, launched October 30, 1985
Duration: 7d 0h.