Gregory J. Harbaugh
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | June 5, 1987 ( 12th NASA Group ) |
| Calls: | 4 space flights |
| Start of the first space flight: |
April 28, 1991 |
| Landing of the last space flight: |
February 21, 1997 |
| Time in space: | 34d 1h 59min |
| EVA inserts: | 3 |
| EVA total duration: | 18h 29min |
| retired on | March 30, 2001 |
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Gregory Jordan Harbaugh (born April 15, 1956 in Cleveland , Ohio ) is a retired American astronaut .
Harbaugh received a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from Purdue University in 1978 and a master's degree in physical science from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in 1986 .
Astronaut activity
In 1978 Harbaugh joined NASA as an engineer. At the Johnson Space Center , he supported most of the shuttle missions from STS-1 to STS-51-L . In June 1987 he was selected by NASA as an astronaut aspirant.
From 1997 until his retirement from NASA in March 2001. Harbaugh worked in the project office for spacewalks .
STS-39
On April 28, 1991, Harbaugh launched as a mission specialist on the space shuttle Discovery . STS-39 was the Department of Defense's first non-secret shuttle mission. Only the MPEC experiment was classified as secret on this mission. Furthermore, the southern polar lights were examined, various experiments were carried out and several small satellites were exposed.
STS-54
With the space shuttle Endeavor , Harbaugh started as a mission specialist on January 13, 1993 for the STS-54 mission . The main objectives of this mission were the deployment of the $ 200 million Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-F) and experiments in X-ray astronomy with the Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer (DXS).
STS-61
Harbaugh was on the backup crew for the space shuttle Endeavor's STS-61 mission . This flight, which began on December 2, 1993, was the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST) first repair mission .
STS-71
On June 27, 1995, Harbaugh flew as a mission specialist on the space shuttle Atlantis on the 100th mission of a manned spacecraft in the USA. The main tasks were the first coupling during the third flight within the Shuttle Mir program between the space shuttle Atlantis and the space station Mir . In addition, various medical experiments were carried out in the Spacelab module to research the effects of weightlessness on the vascular system, bones and lungs of humans.
STS-82
Harbaugh flew with the space shuttle Discovery on February 11, 1997 on the second maintenance mission for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Harbaugh was involved in two of the five space exits (EVAs) during which the telescope was repaired. In addition to a tape recorder, which was replaced by a core memory, the HST received the NICMOS infrared camera and the STIS spectroscope . Two spectrographs have been expanded for this purpose.
Private
Gregory Harbaugh is married with three children.
See also
Web links
- Short biography of Gregory J. Harbaugh at spacefacts.de
- NASA biography of Gregory J. Harbaugh (English; PDF)
- Biography of Gregory J. Harbaugh in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Harbaugh, Gregory J. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Harbaugh, Gregory Jordan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cleveland , Ohio |