
Byron K. Lichtenberg
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 77 |
Date of birth | February 19,1948 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | Jim Thorpe |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Space missions | STS-9, STS-45 |
First space flight | STS-9 |
Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
United States Air Force | |
Job | Astronaut |
Engineer | |
Fighter pilot | |
Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Brown University | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 478040 |
Byron K. Lichtenberg Life story
Byron Kurt Lichtenberg, Sc. D. is an American engineer and fighter pilot who flew aboard two NASA Space Shuttle missions as a Payload Specialist. In 1983, he and Ulf Merbold became the first Payload Specialists to fly on the shuttle.