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Dale Gardner

Deceased· NASA · American

Dale Gardner

Dale Allan Gardner was a NASA astronaut who flew two Space Shuttle missions during the early 1980s.

Spaceflights

2

Time in space

14days

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
Joseph P. AllenNASA

Success· Flight 1

STS-8

Launched: Aug 30, 1983 · 06:32 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Sep 5, 1983

Crewmates

Richard H. TrulyNASA
Daniel BrandensteinNASA
William E. ThorntonNASA
Guion BlufordNASA

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Biography

Dale Allan Gardner was a NASA astronaut who flew two Space Shuttle missions during the early 1980s.

Facts

Agency: NASA
Status: Deceased
Nationality: American
Born: November 8, 1948
Died: February 19, 2014
First flight: Aug 30, 1983

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