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Joseph P. Allen

Retired· NASA · American

Joseph P. Allen

Joseph Percival "Joe" Allen IV, Ph.D. is a former NASA astronaut. He logged more than 3,000 hours flying time in jet aircraft. Allen is married to the former...

Spaceflights

2

Time in space

13days

Spacewalks

2

Spacewalking

11 h 42 m

in total

Spacewalks

Bars drawn to scale, 0 to 6 hours

STS-51-A EVA 1
Nov 12, 1984
6 h 00 m
STS-51-A EVA 2
Nov 14, 1984
5 h 42 m

0 h2 h4 h6 h

Flights

Success· Flight 2

STS-51-A

Launched: Nov 8, 1984 · 12:15 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Nov 16, 1984

Crewmates

Frederick "Rick" HauckNASA
David M. WalkerNASA
Anna Lee FisherNASA
Dale GardnerNASA

Success· Flight 1

STS-5

Launched: Nov 11, 1982 · 12:19 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Nov 16, 1982

Crewmates

Vance D. BrandNASA
Robert F. OvermyerNASA
William B. LenoirNASA

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Biography

Joseph Percival "Joe" Allen IV, Ph.D. is a former NASA astronaut. He logged more than 3,000 hours flying time in jet aircraft.

Allen is married to the former Bonnie Jo Darling of Elkhart, Indiana. Their children are David Christopher, born September 1968 and Elizabeth Darling, born May 1972.

Facts

Agency: NASA
Status: Retired
Nationality: American
Born: June 27, 1937
First flight: Nov 11, 1982

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