Loren Shriver
- STS 51 -C ( 1984)
- STS -31 ( 1990)
- STS -46 (1992)
Loren James Shriver ( born September 23, 1944 in Jefferson, Iowa, United States) is a former American astronaut.
Shriver received in 1967 a Bachelor in Aerospace Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 1968 and a master's in aerospace engineering from Purdue University.
1967 Shriver went to the United States Air Force and was from 1969 to 1973 pilot instructor at the Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma. From 1973 to 1974 he was stationed in Thailand. In 1975, he was educated at Edwards Air Force Base as a test pilot and as such from 1976 also used.
Astronauts activity
In January 1978, Shriver was selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate. Shriver in 1993, Space Shuttle Program Manager for Launch Integration. In 1997 he was deputy director for shuttle launches and payloads at the Kennedy Space Center. From 2000 to 2006 he was deputy program manager of the Space Shuttle program.
STS -41 -E
This satellite mission of the U.S. Department of Defense has also been canceled due to problems with the IUS upper stage. Ken Mattingly, Loren Shriver, Ellison Onizuka, Jim Buchli and the payload specialist for the U.S. Air Force Jeffrey Detroye were nominated as a team. The launch was scheduled for March 1984 with the Space Shuttle Challenger.
STS 51 -C
His first space flight took Shriver on January 24, 1985 as a pilot of the space shuttle Discovery. Mission objective of STS- 51- C was the suspension of a geostationary reconnaissance satellites on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense.
STS -M -61
This mission of the Challenger had in July 1986 a TDRS satellites are put into space. The crew would have consisted of Loren Shriver, Bryan O'Connor, Mark Lee, Sally Ride, William Fisher and the U.S. industry astronaut payload specialist Robert Wood. After the Challenger disaster of this flight was canceled.
STS -31
Shriver's second flight began on 24 April 1990 as commander of the space shuttle Discovery. The main task of STS -31 was the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. In addition, with an IMAX camera shots were taken from the earth.
STS -46
Shriver launched as commander of the space shuttle Atlantis on July 31, 1992 on mission STS- 46th During the eight-day flight, the satellite EURECA was suspended and carried out trials with the Tethered Satellite System (TSS ).
Private
Loren Shriver is married and has four children.