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Michael Coats

Retired· NASA · American

Michael Coats

Michael Lloyd Coats is a former NASA astronaut (three spaceflights), raised in Riverside, California. From December 2005 to December 2012, he served as...

Spaceflights

3

Time in space

19days

Spacewalks

0

Flights

Success· Flight 3

STS-39

Launched: Apr 28, 1991 · 11:33 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: May 6, 1991

Crewmates

Lloyd HammondNASA
Charles L. VeachNASA
Donald R. McMonagleNASA
Richard HiebNASA
Gregory HarbaughNASA
Guion BlufordNASA

Success· Flight 2

STS-29

Launched: Mar 13, 1989 · 14:57 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Mar 18, 1989

Crewmates

John E. BlahaNASA
James P. BagianNASA
Robert C. SpringerNASA
James BuchliNASA

Success· Flight 1

STS-41-D

Launched: Aug 30, 1984 · 12:41 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Sep 5, 1984

Crewmates

Henry 'Hank' HartsfieldNASA
Judith ResnikNASA
Charles D. WalkerNASA
Mike MullaneNASA
Steven HawleyNASA

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Biography

Michael Lloyd Coats is a former NASA astronaut (three spaceflights), raised in Riverside, California. From December 2005 to December 2012, he served as Director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Facts

Agency: NASA
Status: Retired
Nationality: American
Born: January 16, 1946
First flight: Aug 30, 1984

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