Terry Hart

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Terry Hart
Terry Hart
Country: United States
Organization: NASA
selected on January 16, 1978
( 8th NASA Group )
Calls: 1 space flight
Begin: April 6, 1984
Landing: April 13, 1984
Time in space: 6d 23h 40min
retired on June 15, 1984
Space flights

Terry Jonathan "TJ" Hart (born October 27, 1946 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ) is a former American astronaut .

Hart received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University in 1968 and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969 . In 1978 he received a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University and in 1988 an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering from Lehigh University.

In 1969 Hart came to the United States Air Force Reserve Command and received pilot training there. He served as an interceptor pilot until 1973, when he joined the New Jersey Air National Guard . His main job was from 1968 to 1978 for Bell Telephone Laboratories .

Astronaut activity

In January 1978, Hart was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA. Hart was a member of the support teams for the space shuttle missions STS-1 , STS-2 , STS-3 and STS-7 .

On April 6, 1984, Hart started as a mission specialist with the space shuttle Challenger for the STS-41-C mission . The main task was the repair of the defective solar observation satellite SolarMax . In addition, the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) was suspended with 57 experiments and recaptured and brought back to Earth in a later mission. After seven days, Hart landed at Edwards Air Force Base .

According to NASA

After leaving NASA, Hart moved to AT&T in 1984 and was then a. a. President at Loral Skynet in Bedminster , New Jersey.

Private

Terry Hart is married and has two children.

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Commons : Terry J. Hart  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
personal data
SURNAME Hard, Terry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hart, Terry Jonathan (full name); Hart, TJ (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronaut
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania