# NASA Astronaut Group 11

NASA Astronaut Group 11 was a group of 13 NASA astronauts announced on 4 June 1985.

## Group members
### Pilots

* Michael A. Baker (born 1953), U.S. Navy (4 flights)
    STS-43 Atlantis — August 1991 — Pilot — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite deployment
    STS-52 Columbia — October/November 1992 — Pilot — LAGEOS-II deployment and operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1)
    STS-68 Endeavour — September/October 1994 — Commander — Radar imaging
    STS-81 Atlantis — January 1997 — Commander — fifth Shuttle-Mir mission
* Robert D. Cabana (born 1949), U.S. Marine Corps (4 flights) - NASA Associate Administrator (2021-2023)
    STS-41 Discovery — October 1990 — Pilot — Ulysses probe deployment
    STS-53 Discovery — December 1992 — Pilot — classified United States Department of Defense payload
    STS-65 Columbia — July 1994 — Commander — second International Microgravity Laboratory mission
    STS-88 Endeavour — December 1998 — Commander — first Space Shuttle mission to the ISS
* Brian Duffy (born 1953), U.S. Air Force (4 flights)
    STS-45 Atlantis — March/April 1992 — Pilot — Spacelab mission
    STS-57 Endeavour — June/July 1993 — Pilot — SPACEHAB mission
    STS-72 Endeavour — January 1996 — Commander — capture and return of Space Flyer Unit (SFU)
    STS-92 Discovery — October 2000 — Commander — ISS assembly flight and 100th mission of the Space Shuttle
* Terence T. Henricks (born 1952), U.S. Air Force (4 flights)
    STS-44 Atlantis — November/December 1991 — Pilot — Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite deployment
    STS-55 Columbia — April/May 1993 — Pilot — Spacelab mission
    STS-70 Discovery — July 1995 — Commander — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) deployment
    STS-78 Columbia — June/July 1996 — Commander — Spacelab mission
* Stephen S. Oswald (born 1951), U.S. Navy (3 flights)
    STS-42 Discovery — January 1992 — Pilot — Spacelab mission
    STS-56 Discovery — April 1993 — Pilot — Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2) operation
    STS-67 Endeavour — March 1995 — Commander — Spacelab mission
* Stephen Thorne (1953–1986), U.S. Navy
    Died in an airplane accident before he could finish astronaut training.

### Mission specialists

* Jerome Apt (born 1949), Physicist (4 flights)
    STS-37 Atlantis — April 1991 — Mission Specialist — Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) deployment
    STS-47 Endeavour — September 1992 — Mission Specialist — Spacelab mission
    STS-59 Endeavour — April 1994 — Mission Specialist — Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) operation
    STS-79 Atlantis — September 1996 — Mission Specialist — first shuttle mission to a fully completed Mir space station
* Charles D. Gemar (born 1955), U.S. Army (3 flights)
    STS-38 Atlantis — November 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified United States Department of Defense payload
    STS-48 Discovery — September 1991 — Mission Specialist — Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite deployment
    STS-62 Columbia — March 1994 — Mission Specialist — operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-2 (USMP-2)
* Linda M. Godwin (born 1952), Scientist (4 flights) - Currently Assistant to the Director for Exploration, Flight Crew Operations Directorate at the Johnson Space Center
    STS-37 Atlantis — April 1991 — Mission Specialist — Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) deployment
    STS-59 Endeavour — April 1994 — Mission Specialist — Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) operation
    STS-76 Atlantis — March 1996 — Mission Specialist — third Shuttle-Mir mission
    STS-108 Endeavour — December 2001 — Mission Specialist — ISS crew rotation mission
* Richard Hieb (born 1955), Engineer (3 flights)
    STS-39 Discovery — April/May 1991 — Mission Specialist — United States Department of Defense research mission
    STS-49 Endeavour — May 1992 — Mission Specialist — Maiden flight of Endeavour, Intelsat 603 capture and redeployment to a correct orbit, first and only (as of 2019) EVA involving three astronauts
    STS-65 Columbia — July 1994 — Mission Specialist — second International Microgravity Laboratory mission
* Tamara E. Jernigan (born 1959), Scientist (5 flights)
    STS-40 Columbia — June 1991 — Mission Specialist — fifth Spacelab mission and the first dedicated solely to biology
    STS-52 Columbia — October/November 1992 — Mission Specialist — LAGEOS-II deployment and operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1)
    STS-67 Endeavour — March 1995 — Mission Specialist — Spacelab mission
    STS-80 Columbia — November/December 1996 — Mission Specialist — Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer-Shuttle Pallet Satellite II (ORFEUS-SPAS II) and Wake Shield Facility-3 deployment, operation as free-floating satellites and recapture
    STS-96 Discovery — May/June 1999 — Mission Specialist — ISS assembly and logistics, first Space Shuttle flight to dock with the ISS
* Carl J. Meade (born 1950), U.S. Air Force (3 flights)
    STS-38 Atlantis — November 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified United States Department of Defense payload
    STS-50 Columbia — June/July 1992 — Mission Specialist — U.S. Microgravity Laboratory 1 Spacelab mission
    STS-64 Discovery — September 1994 — Mission Specialist — Lidar In-space Technology Experiment (LITE) operation and the last untethered U.S. extravehicular activity (EVA) during the Space Shuttle program
* Pierre J. Thuot (born 1955), U.S. Navy (3 flights)
    STS-36 Atlantis — February/March 1990 — Mission Specialist — classified United States Department of Defense payload
    STS-49 Endeavour — May 1992 — Mission Specialist — Maiden flight of Endeavour, Intelsat 603 capture and redeployment to a correct orbit, first and only (as of 2019) EVA involving three astronauts
    STS-62 Columbia — March 1994 — Mission Specialist — operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-2 (USMP-2)