yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (05/12/89)
Barbara Selby
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. May 11, 1989
Jeffrey Carr
Johnson Space Center, Houston
RELEASE: 89-71
ASTRONAUTS NAMED TO TWO DOD MISSIONS SCHEDULED FOR 1990
Shuttle crew members have been named for two Department of
Defense-dedicated Shuttle missions scheduled for mid-1990.
USAF Col. Richard O. Covey will command STS-38, a classified
DOD mission aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis scheduled for
launch in May 1990. Covey's pilot will be USN Cmdr. Frank L.
Culbertson. Assigned as mission specialists are USMC Col. Robert
C. Springer, USAF Maj. Carl J. Meade and USA
Capt. Charles D. "Sam" Gemar.
Named as mission specialists for Shuttle mission STS-39, an
unclassified DOD mission aboard Space Shuttle Discovery
scheduled for launch in July 1990, are USAF Col. Guion S.
Bluford, Jr., Richard J. Hieb and Charles Lacy Veach.
The early assignment of mission specialists to STS-39 will
provide for long-range crew participation in payload training
and integration.
The remainder of the flight crew will be assigned later.
Covey has flown twice as pilot on missions STS-51I in August
1985 and STS-26 in September 1988. He was born Aug. 1, 1946, in
Fayetteville, Ark., but considers Fort Walton Beach, Fla., to be
his hometown.
Culbertson will make his first space flight. He was born
May 15, 1949, in Charleston, S.C., but considers Holly Hill,
S.C., to be his hometown.
Springer has flown as a mission specialist on STS-29 in
March of this year. He was born May 21, 1942, in
St. Louis, Mo., but considers Ashland, Ohio, to be his hometown.
Meade will make his first flight in space. He was born
Nov. 16, 1950, at Chanute Air Force Base, Ill.
Gemar, also making his first space flight, was born Aug. 4,
1955, in Yankton, S.D., but considers Scotland, S.D., to be his
hometown.
Bluford is a veteran of two Shuttle missions, STS-8 in
August 1983 and STS-61A in October 1985. He was born Nov. 22,
1942, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Hieb will make his first trip to orbit. He was born
Sept. 21, 1955, in Jamestown, N.D.
Veach also will make his first space flight. He was born
Sept. 18, 1944, in Chicago, Ill., but considers Honolulu, Hawaii,
to be his hometown.