5 Persons on Mission STS-9

Brewster Shaw
space

Real/Birth Name:

Brewster Hopkinson Shaw Jr.

Also Known As:

Brewster H. Shaw

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

16 May 1945

Age today:

75

Traditional Zodiac Sign:

Taurus ♉ - the Bull - people born April 21 through May 21

Birth Place:

Cass City, Michigan, USA

Brief Facts:

Astronaut.

Space Missions:

STS-28
Shuttle Columbia, launched August 08, 1989
Duration: 5d 1h.

STS-61-B
Shuttle Atlantis, launched November 26, 1985
Duration: 6d 21h.

STS-9
Shuttle Columbia, launched November 28, 1983
Duration: 10d 7h.

Halls of Fame, Awards, etc.

U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame 2006.

Byron Lichtenberg
space

Real/Birth Name:

Byron Lichtenberg

Gender:

Male

Birth Place:

Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Brief Facts:

Astronaut.

Space Missions:

STS-45
Shuttle Atlantis, launched March 24, 1992
Duration: 8d 22h.

STS-9
Shuttle Columbia, launched November 28, 1983
Duration: 10d 7h.

John Young
space, moon

Real/Birth Name:

John Watts Young

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

24 September 1930

Death Date:

5 January 2018

Age at Death:

87

Traditional Zodiac Sign:

Libra ♎ - the Scales - people born September 24 through October 23

Birth Place:

San Francisco, California, USA

Brief Facts:

Apollo 10 (orbited the moon). SpaceLab 1 as Commander. Apollo 16 to the moon surface. Drove the Lunar Rover. Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1974-1987.

Space Missions:

Apollo 10 (1969)
Dress rehearsal for first lunar landing; flew LM down to 50,000 feet (15 km) from lunar surface.

Apollo 16 (1972)
Landed in Plain of Descartes.

Gemini 10 (1966)
First use of the Agena Target Vehicle's propulsion systems. The spacecraft also rendezvoused with the Agena Target Vehicle from Gemini 8. Collins had 49 minutes of EVA standing in the hatch and 39 minutes of EVA to retrieve experiments from the Agena. 43 orbits completed.

Gemini 3 (1965)
First manned Gemini flight, three orbits.

SpaceLab 1 (1983)
Shuttle mission STS-9 on Columbia.

STS-1
Shuttle Columbia, launched April 12, 1981
Duration: 2d 6h.

STS-9
Shuttle Columbia, launched November 28, 1983
Duration: 10d 7h.