# NASA Astronaut Group 13

NASA Astronaut Group 13 (the Hairballs) was a group of 23 astronauts announced by NASA on 17 January 1990. The group name came from its selection of a black cat as a mascot, to play against the traditional unlucky connotations of the number 13.

## Pilots

* Kenneth Cockrell (born 1950), U.S. Navy (5 flights)
    STS-56 Discovery (Science Mission; Flew as a Mission specialist)
    STS-69 Endeavour (2nd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)
    STS-80 Columbia (3rd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)
    STS-98 Atlantis (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Destiny Laboratory Module)
    STS-111 Endeavour (ISS Resupply Mission; Launched Expedition 5)
* Eileen Collins (born 1956), U.S. Air Force (4 flights)
    STS-63 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission; became the first female pilot of a U.S. Spacecraft)
    STS-84 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
    STS-93 Columbia (Deployed Chandra X-Ray Observatory; became the first female commander of a U.S. Spacecraft)
    STS-114 Discovery (Return to Flight)
* William G. Gregory (born 1957), U.S. Air Force (1 flight)
    STS-67 Endeavour (2nd flight of the ASTRO telescope)
* James D. Halsell (born 1956), U.S. Air Force (5 flights)
    STS-65 Columbia (Science Mission)
    STS-74 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
    STS-83 Columbia (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems)
    STS-94 Columbia (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83)
    STS-101 Atlantis (ISS Supply Mission)
* Charles J. Precourt (born 1955), U.S. Air Force (4 flights)
    STS-55 Columbia (German Spacelab Mission)
    STS-71 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
    STS-84 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
    STS-91 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
* Richard A. Searfoss (1956-2018), U.S. Air Force (3 flights)
    STS-58 Columbia (Science Mission)
    STS-76 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
    STS-90 Columbia (Science Mission)
* Terrence W. Wilcutt (born 1949), U.S. Marine Corps (4 flights)
    STS-68 Endeavour (Science Mission)
    STS-79 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
    STS-89 Endeavour (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
    STS-106 Atlantis (ISS Supply Mission)

## Mission specialists

* Daniel W. Bursch (born 1957), U.S. Navy (4 flights)
    STS-51 Discovery (Launched the ACTS satellite)
    STS-68 Endeavour (Science Mission)
    STS-77 Endeavour (Spartan-207)
    STS-108 Endeavour (ISS Resupply Mission)
    ISS Expedition 4 (6 month mission to the ISS)
    STS-111 Endeavour (The mission landed Expedition 4)
* Leroy Chiao (born 1960), Engineer (4 flights)
    STS-65 Columbia (Science Mission)
    STS-72 Endeavour (Returned Japan's Space Flyer Unit)
    STS-92 Discovery (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Z1 Truss Segment and PMA-3)
    Soyuz TMA-5 (The launch and landing vehicle of Expedition 10)
    ISS Expedition 10 (6 month mission to the ISS)
* Michael R. Clifford (1952-2021), U.S. Army (3 flights)
    STS-53 Discovery (Classified DoD Mission)
    STS-59 Endeavour (Science Mission)
    STS-76 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
* Nancy J. Currie (born 1958), U.S. Army (4 flights)
    STS-57 Endeavour (Science Mission)
    STS-70 Discovery (Launched TDRS 7)
    STS-88 Endeavour (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched Unity (Node 1), PMA-1, and PMA-2)
    STS-109 Columbia (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission; Columbia's last successful flight)
* Bernard A. Harris, Jr. (born 1956), Physician (2 flights)
    STS-55 Columbia (German Spacelab Mission)
    STS-63 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
* Susan J. Helms (born 1958), U.S. Air Force (5 flights)
    STS-54 Endeavour (Launched TDRS 6)
    STS-64 Discovery (Science Mission)
    STS-78 Columbia (Science Mission)
    STS-101 Atlantis (ISS Supply Mission)
    STS-102 Discovery (The mission launched Expedition 2)
    ISS Expedition 2 (6 month mission to the ISS)
    STS-105 Discovery (The mission landed Expedition 2)
* Thomas D. Jones (born 1955), U.S. Air Force (4 flights)
    STS-59 Endeavour (Science Mission)
    STS-68 Endeavour (Science Mission)
    STS-80 Columbia (3rd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)
    STS-98 Atlantis (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Destiny Laboratory Module)
* William S. McArthur (born 1951), U.S. Army (4 flights)
    STS-58 Columbia (Science Mission)
    STS-74 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
    STS-92 Discovery (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Z1 Truss Segment and PMA-3)
    Soyuz TMA-7 (The launch and landing vehicle of Expedition 12)
    ISS Expedition 12 (6 month mission to the ISS; was the Expedition 12 CDR)
* James H. Newman (born 1956), Physicist (4 flights)
    STS-51 Discovery (Launched the ACTS satellite)
    STS-69 Endeavour (2nd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)
    STS-88 Endeavour (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched Unity (Node 1), PMA-1, and PMA-2)
    STS-109 Columbia (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission; Columbia's last successful flight)
* Ellen Ochoa (born 1958), Engineer (4 flights)
    STS-56 Discovery (Science Mission)
    STS-66 Atlantis (Science Mission - ATLAS-03)
    STS-96 Discovery (ISS Supply Mission)
    STS-110 Atlantis (Launched the S0 Truss Segment)
* Ronald M. Sega (born 1952), U.S. Air Force (2 flights)
    STS-60 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
    STS-76 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
* Donald A. Thomas (born 1955), Engineer (4 flights)
    STS-65 Columbia (Science Mission)
    STS-70 Discovery (Launched TDRS 7)
    STS-83 Columbia (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems)
    STS-94 Columbia (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83)
* Janice E. Voss (1956-2012), Engineer (5 flights)
    STS-57 Endeavour (Science Mission)
    STS-63 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
    STS-83 Columbia (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems)
    STS-94 Columbia (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83)
    STS-99 Endeavour (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission)
* Carl Walz (1955), Physicist (5 flights)
    STS-51 Discovery (Satellite deployment Astronomy)
    STS-65 Columbia (Micro-gravity research)
    STS-79 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
    STS-108 Endeavour (Crew rotation to the International Space Station ISS)
    ISS Expedition 4 (6 month mission to the ISS)
    STS-111 Endeavour (Crew rotation to the International Space Station ISS)
* Peter Wisoff (1958), Physicist (4 flights)
    STS-57 Endeavour (1st flight of Spacehab - Satellite retrieval)
    STS-68 Endeavour (Space Radar Lab-2 (SRL-2) )
    STS-81 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
    STS-92 Discovery (delivered the Z1 truss and Pressurized Mating Adapter 3 to the International Space Station ISS)
* David Wolf (1956), Medical Doctor, Engineer, Inventor (5 flights)
    STS-58 Columbia (Spacelab Life Sciences 2)
    STS-86 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
    STS-89 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
    STS-112 Atlantis (delivered the S1 truss segment to the International Space Station ISS)
    STS-127 Endeavour (install the final two components of the Japanese Experiment Module)