L. Blaine Hammond
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | May 23, 1984 ( 10th NASA Group ) |
| Calls: | 2 space flights |
| Start of the first space flight: |
April 28, 1991 |
| Landing of the last space flight: |
September 20, 1994 |
| Time in space: | 19d 6h 11min |
| retired on | February 23, 1998 |
| Space flights | |
Lloyd Blaine Hammond, Jr. (born January 16, 1952 in Savannah , Georgia ) is a retired American astronaut .
Hammond received a bachelor's degree in engineering and mechanics from the United States Air Force Academy in 1973 and a master's degree in the same subject from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1974 . In 1975 he completed his pilot training at Reese Air Force Base in Texas . From 1976 to 1979 he was stationed at Hahn Air Base in Germany , then until 1980 as a pilot instructor at Williams Air Force Base in Arizona . In 1981 he attended the Empire Test Pilots' School in Great Britain. From 1982 he was a pilot instructor at the US Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in California .
Astronaut activity
Hammond was selected by NASA as a candidate astronaut in May 1984. After his training as a shuttle pilot, he worked as a liaison officer ( CAPCOM ), helped with the launch preparations at the Kennedy Space Center and he developed and tested new software and hardware for the space shuttle .
After his two space flights, he became head of the flight support department and head of CAPCOM. He was then head of the safety department of the astronauts office, responsible for the safety of the T-38 aircraft, the space shuttles and the International Space Station (ISS).
STS-39
On April 28, 1991, Hammond took off into space as a pilot of 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-64
Hammond made his second flight in September 1994 as a pilot of the space shuttle Discovery. The LITE laser-optical radar system was tested as part of STS-64 . Another task was the deployment and recovery of the astronomical research satellite SPARTAN-201 , a free-flying satellite for researching the solar wind and the solar corona . After eleven days in space, he landed on September 20, 1994 at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
According to NASA
Hammond is currently working as a test pilot for the Gulfstream aircraft company .
Private
Blaine Hammond is married with one child.
See also
Web links
- Short biography of L. Blaine Hammond at spacefacts.de
- NASA biography of L. Blaine Hammond (English; PDF)
- Biography of L. Blaine Hammond in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
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| SURNAME | Hammond, L. Blaine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hammond, Lloyd Blaine junior (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Savannah , Georgia |