Steven Hawley
- STS -41 -D ( 1984)
- STS 61- C ( 1986)
- STS -31 ( 1990)
- STS -82 (1997)
- STS -93 ( 1999)
Steven Alan Hawley ( born December 12, 1951 in Ottawa, Kansas, USA ) is a former American astronaut.
Hawley received a bachelor's degree in physics in 1973, respectively, and in astronomy from the University of Kansas in 1977 and a doctorate in astronomy and astrophysics from the University of California, Santa Cruz. During and after his studies, he worked at various observatories.
Astronauts activity
In January 1978, Hawley was selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate. Before the first Space Shuttle mission (STS -1), he worked as a simulator pilot for software verification at the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory ( SAIL). For STS -2, STS -3 and STS -4, he was a member of the support team at Kennedy Space Center. From 1984 to 1985 he was technical assistant to the director of Flight Crew Operations. From 1987 to 1990 he was deputy chief of the Astronaut Office. In June 1990, he was Director of the Ames Research Center of NASA. In August 1992 he returned to the Johnson Space Center as Deputy Director of Flight Crew Operations back. As of February 1996, he trained for the mission STS -82 took after his work as Deputy Director of Flight Crew Operations at. From October 2001 to November 2002 he served as Director of Flight Crew Operations. After that, he was associate director for Astro Materials Research and Exploration Science at the Space and Life Sciences Directorate Johnson Space Center.
STS -41 -D
On his first space flight Hawley Mission Specialist was on the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery on August 30, 1984. Besides the commander he and the other four crew members were all Space newbies. During the six- day mission, the three satellites SBS -D, SYNCOM IV -2 were (also known as LEASAT 2) exposed and Telstar 3 -C. In addition, the solar cell 1 ODST experiment and the experiment CFES - III were performed to investigate the crystal growth. In addition, recordings with an accompanying IMAX camera has been made. With the robotic arm of the shuttles had to be removed from the orbiter during the mission dangerous sheets of ice.
STS 61- C
Hawley launched on 12 January 1986 with the Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS -61 -C. The main objective of the mission was to bring the communications satellite SATCOM KU -1 into orbit. In addition, numerous smaller astrophysical and materials science experiments were performed.
STS -31
Hawley's third flight began on April 24, 1990. Principal task of STS -31 was the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. In addition, with an IMAX camera shots were taken from the earth. The Discovery landed after five days on April 29.
STS -82
With the space shuttle Discovery Hawley flew on 11 February 1997 on the second maintenance mission for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Hawley operated the robot arm during the five spacewalks (EVA), during which the telescope was repaired. In addition to a tape recorder, which was replaced with a core memory, the HST received the infrared camera and the spectroscope NICMOS STIS. For two spectrographs were expanded.
STS -93
On 23 July 1999 Hawley flew aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia during the STS- 93 into space. During the five- day mission, the Chandra X-ray Observatory has been suspended. Aboard the Space Shuttle experiments were then carried out in the areas of biology, astronomy, atmospheric science and space technology.
According to the NASA
In February 2008, Hawley retired from NASA and joined the faculty of the University of Kansas.
Private
Hawley was married 1982-1987 with the astronaut Sally Kristen Ride. The marriage was childless. He is married to his second wife, the former NASA public relations officer Eileen M. Keegan.