John Elmer Blaha (born August 26, 1942, in San Antonio, Texas) is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran...

Blaha or Bláha (feminine: Bláhová) is a Czech and Slovak surname. Notable people with the surname include: Constantin Blaha (born 1987), Austrian diver...

mission. Succeeding her on Mir for an approximately four-month stay was John Blaha, who returned in January 1997 with the STS-81 crew. American astronaut...

and the second one involving an exchange of U.S. astronauts. Astronaut John Blaha, who had been on Mir since September 19, 1996, was replaced by astronaut...

readaptation to Earth's environment, the orbiter crew made up of Commander John Blaha, Pilot Richard Searfoss and Mission specialist William McArthur oversaw...

insignia with a single gold star on the blue field. He was replaced by John Blaha. Sonny Carter, a mission specialist on this flight, was killed in a commercial...

Times. Archived from the original on January 6, 2021. Viereck, R. A.; Murad, E.; Pike, C. P.; Kofsky, I. L.; Trowbridge, C. A.; Rall, D. L. A.; Satayesh...

professional development of up and coming musicians and young leaders. John E. Blaha – astronaut Peter Blair – Olympic freestyle wrestler, competed at the...

1983. STS-7 carried Sally Ride, America's first female astronaut. John E. Blaha Roy D. Bridges Jr. (ascent CAPCOM) Guy Gardner Terry Hart Jon McBride...

Atlantis, was a nine-day mission whose primary goal was launching the TDRS-E satellite (TDRS-5). The flight also tested an advanced heatpipe radiator for...

after the Challenger disaster. Before Buchli was assigned to STS-61-H, Norman E. Thagard was the potential Mission Specialist 3 for this flight. The main...

Behnken — STS-123 (2008), STS-130 (2010), Crew Dragon Demo-2 (2020) John E. Blaha — STS-29 (1989), STS-33 (1989), STS-43 (1991), STS-58 (1993), STS-79...

Vincent Longo Gretchen Polhemus Melania Knauss Mekhi Phifer Warren Sapp John E. Blaha Ages at the time of the pageant "Castillo crowned Miss USA". Leader-Telegram...

second astronaut to serve as NASA Administrator, appointed in July 2009. John E. Blaha (born 1942), U.S. Air Force (5 flights) STS-29 Discovery — March 1989...

satellite for RCA. It was commanded by Michael L. Coats. This time John E. Blaha was the pilot and Thagard and Robert C. Springer were fellow mission...

becoming the first ESA and first West German citizen to go into space. John E. Blaha (entry CAPCOM) Franklin R. Chang-Diaz Mary L. Cleave Anna L. Fisher...

Schmitt) 12790 Cernan (Eugene Cernan) 13606 Bean (Alan Bean) 22442 Blaha (John E. Blaha) Chinese astronauts: 9512 Feijunlong (Fei Junlong) 9517 Niehaisheng...

Linenger for a four-month stay on board the station, replacing astronaut John E. Blaha. 1998 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. 2001...

1980) Howard Jacobson, British novelist and journalist August 26 – John E. Blaha, American astronaut August 27 Daryl Dragon, American musician (d. 2019)...

transmissions, to be tested for use in future classified missions. John E. Blaha Mary L. Cleave William F. Fisher Jeffrey A. Hoffman Bryan D. O'Connor...

to be flown in Discovery in April 1991. The mission was commanded by John E. Blaha, with Michael A. Baker as the pilot and Lucid, G. David Low, and James...

NASA. Archived from the original on 2007-05-23. Retrieved 2009-03-07. "John E. Blaha (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)". NASA. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12...

wheeled vehicle on the Moon — Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15 San Antonio: John E. Blaha — STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79/81 San Antonio: Edward White...

life sciences mission, studying humans, rodents and jellyfish. 145 John E. Blaha (3) Michael A. Baker (1) Shannon W. Lucid (3) James C. Adamson (2) G...

Ľuboš Blaha (born 7 December 1979) is a Slovak politician, academic, post-Marxist philosopher and political scientist. He is a member of the National...

STS-112 Patrick Baudry (born 1946) – payload specialist on STS-51-G John E. Blaha (born 1942) – pilot of STS-29 and STS-33; commander of STS-43 and STS-58;...

refused to fly it, having deemed the plan to be too dangerous. STS-1 commander John W. Young recalled that "I said no. I said let's not practice Russian roulette...

Experimental Test Pilots. Retrieved June 25, 2022. "Biographical Data: John E. Blaha" (PDF). NASA. May 2008. Retrieved January 9, 2021. "Eagle Profile Binnie...

Julie Blaha is an American politician and retired educator serving as the 19th state auditor of Minnesota since 2019. She is a member of the Minnesota...

distinguished alumni have been enrolled at the school, including: Col. John E. Blaha ('60) -American astronaut, Commander of Space Shuttle Discovery, completed...