Re: Astronauts have waited the longest? Will all get a flight with the shuttle?


Jim Oberg wrote:
> Slayton only waited 16 years, 1959 to 1975 --
> two members of the 'XS-11' class of 1967 had
> to wait until 1985 to fly -- 18 years.
>
> One member of the 1966 group also did not
> fly until 1985 -- 19 years.
>
> ..as I recall -- needs fact-checking...
>
>
> "strindberg" > wrote
> > Which astronauts have waited longest to do his or her first
spaceflight?
> > Paolo Nespoli from Italy? Deke Slayton (..had to wait from Mercury
> > until Skylab)?

Don Lind
selected as astronaut April 4, 1966
First Flight STS-51B April 29, 1985


Bruce McCandless
selected as astronaut April 4, 1966
First Flight STS-41-B Feb 3, 1984


Barbara Morgan
Selected to train as a backup to
Christa McAuliffe on July 19, 1985.


Paolo Nespoli
In 1991, he joined the
European Space Agency's
European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany.




Rusty

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