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Henry 'Hank' Hartsfield

Deceased· NASA · American

Henry 'Hank' Hartsfield

Henry Warren "Hank" Hartsfield Jr. was a United States Air Force officer and a USAF and NASA astronaut who logged over 480 hours in space. Hartsfield became a...

Spaceflights

3

Time in space

20days

Spacewalks

0

Flights

Success· Flight 3

STS-61-A

Launched: Oct 30, 1985 · 17:00 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Nov 6, 1985

Crewmates

Steven R. NagelNASA
Ernst MesserschmidDLR
Reinhard FurrerDLR
Wubbo OckelsESA
Guion BlufordNASA
James BuchliNASA
Bonnie J. DunbarNASA

Success· Flight 2

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

Michael CoatsNASA
Judith ResnikNASA
Charles D. WalkerNASA
Mike MullaneNASA
Steven HawleyNASA

Success· Flight 1

STS-4

Launched: Jun 27, 1982 · 15:00 UTC
Rocket: Space Shuttle
From: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Landed: Jul 4, 1982

Crewmates

Ken MattinglyNASA

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Biography

Henry Warren "Hank" Hartsfield Jr. was a United States Air Force officer and a USAF and NASA astronaut who logged over 480 hours in space. Hartsfield became a NASA astronaut in September 1969. Hartsfield was the pilot on STS-4, the fourth and final orbital test flight of the shuttle Columbia.

Facts

Agency: NASA
Status: Deceased
Nationality: American
Born: November 21, 1933
Died: July 14, 2014
First flight: Jun 27, 1982

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