Retired· NASA · American

John E. Blaha

John Elmer Blaha is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five space missions aboard the Space Shuttle and...

Spaceflights

Time in space

161days

Spacewalks

Flights

Success· Flight 5

STS-79

Launched: Sep 16, 1996 · 08:54 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Mir
Landed: Jan 22, 1997

Crewmates

Success· Flight 4

STS-58

Launched: Oct 18, 1993 · 14:53 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Nov 1, 1993

Crewmates

Success· Flight 3

STS-43

Launched: Aug 2, 1991 · 15:02 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Aug 11, 1991

Crewmates

Success· Flight 2

STS-33

Launched: Nov 23, 1989 · 00:23 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Nov 28, 1989

Crewmates

Success· Flight 1

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

Biography

John Elmer Blaha is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five space missions aboard the Space Shuttle and Mir.

Blaha is married to the former Brenda I. Walters of St. Louis, Missouri. They have three grown children and four grandchildren.

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Retired· NASA · American

John E. Blaha

John Elmer Blaha is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five space missions aboard the Space Shuttle and...

Spaceflights

Time in space

161days

Spacewalks

Flights

Success· Flight 5

STS-79

Launched: Sep 16, 1996 · 08:54 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Mir
Landed: Jan 22, 1997

Crewmates

Success· Flight 4

STS-58

Launched: Oct 18, 1993 · 14:53 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Nov 1, 1993

Crewmates

Success· Flight 3

STS-43

Launched: Aug 2, 1991 · 15:02 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Aug 11, 1991

Crewmates

Success· Flight 2

STS-33

Launched: Nov 23, 1989 · 00:23 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Nov 28, 1989

Crewmates

Success· Flight 1

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

Biography

John Elmer Blaha is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five space missions aboard the Space Shuttle and Mir.

Blaha is married to the former Brenda I. Walters of St. Louis, Missouri. They have three grown children and four grandchildren.

Space Launch Now for iOS and Android

Notifications before the launches and spacewalks you follow, plus every launch.

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Scan to open on your phone

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