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    James Dougal Adrianus "Ox" van Hoften (born June 11, 1944) is an American civil and hydraulic engineer, retired U.S. Navy officer and aviator, and a former...
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    Personnel: Nelson and van Hoften Date: April 8, 1984 (14:18–17:17 UTC) Duration: 2 hours, 59 minutes EVA 2 Personnel: Nelson and van Hoften Date: April 11,...
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    L. Stewart. Two months later, during mission STS-41-C, astronauts James van Hoften and George Nelson attempted to use the MMU to capture the Solar Maximum...
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    McNair Mike Mullane George Nelson Ellison Onizuka Judith Resnik Sally Ride Rhea Seddon Robert Stewart Kathryn Sullivan Norman Thagard James van Hoften...
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  • astronaut Martin J. Fettman, astronaut Edward Harwood, aeroponics inventor James Van Hoften, astronaut John Gill, mathematician and father of modern bouldering...
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  • van der Berg, Chris (1999-07-24). "MIRNEWS.463". MirNews. SpaceOnLine. Archived from the original on September 8, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-13. van der...
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    McNair Mike Mullane George Nelson Ellison Onizuka Judith Resnik Sally Ride Rhea Seddon Robert Stewart Kathryn Sullivan Norman Thagard James van Hoften...
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    Scobee (pilot), and fellow mission specialists, George D. Nelson and James van Hoften. During this mission, the crew successfully deployed the Long Duration...
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  • James van Hoften grappled and then manually spun down the F3 satellite. After the bypass box was installed by van Hoften and Bill Fisher, van Hoften manually...
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    McNair Mike Mullane George Nelson Ellison Onizuka Judith Resnik Sally Ride Rhea Seddon Robert Stewart Kathryn Sullivan Norman Thagard James van Hoften...
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    included Joe H. Engle, commander; Richard O. Covey, pilot; and James D. A. van Hoften, John M. Lounge, and William F. Fisher, mission specialists. Their...
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    Commander Ken Mattingly, Pilot Loren Shriver, fellow Mission Specialist James Buchli, and Payload Specialist Gary E. Payton. During the mission, Onizuka...
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    Smith, actor, known for his roles in RoboCop, That '70s Show, and 24. James Van Hoften, two-time space shuttle astronaut. Mark Yudof - 21st President of University...
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    presence of water on the planet Mars for the first time. Astronauts James van Hoften (BS 1966), Margaret Rhea Seddon (BA 1970), Leroy Chiao (BS 1983), and...
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    McNair Mike Mullane George Nelson Ellison Onizuka Judith Resnik Sally Ride Rhea Seddon Robert Stewart Kathryn Sullivan Norman Thagard James van Hoften...
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    political science professor at Santa Monica College. Ride grew up in the Van Nuys and Encino neighborhoods of Los Angeles. In 1960, when she was nine...
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    STS-2, STS-8 James Van Hoften – STS-41-C, STS-51-I Charles Veach – STS-39, STS-52 Terry Virts – STS-130, Soyuz TMA-15M (Expedition 42/43) James Voss – STS-44...
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  • EVA 1, 2 2 39 U.S. George Nelson 1984: STS-41-C EVA 1, 2 2 40 U.S. James van Hoften 1984: STS-41-C EVA 1, 2 1985: STS-51-I EVA 1, 2 4 41 USSR Leonid Kizim...
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  • José M. Hernández — STS-128 Fresno: Barbara Morgan — STS-118 Fresno: James van Hoften — STS-41-C, STS-51-I Inglewood: Joseph M. Acaba — STS-119, Soyuz TMA-04M...
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    McNair Mike Mullane George Nelson Ellison Onizuka Judith Resnik Sally Ride Rhea Seddon Robert Stewart Kathryn Sullivan Norman Thagard James van Hoften...
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    and handle an emergency if the pilot became incapacitated. Fellow TFNGs James Buchli and Dale Gardner, who were naval flight officers, drew up a training...
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  • payload bay on the next attempt, and was repaired quickly by astronauts James van Hoften and George Nelson. Other STS 41-C mission activities included a student...
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    McNair Mike Mullane George Nelson Ellison Onizuka Judith Resnik Sally Ride Rhea Seddon Robert Stewart Kathryn Sullivan Norman Thagard James van Hoften...
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    Richard H. Truly — STS-2 (1981), STS-8 4 (1983) Lodewijk van den Berg* — STS-51-B (1985) James van Hoften — STS-41-C (1984), STS-51-I (1985) Charles Veach (1944–1995)...
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    be commanded by David M. Walker, with Ronald J. Grabe as pilot and James van Hoften and John M. Fabian, who was replaced by Norman Thagard in September...
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  • Rhea Seddon, Robert Stewart, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Norman Thagard, James van Hoften Due to the long delay between the last Apollo mission and the first...
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    Quarterback and San Jose State career passing yards record holder James van Hoften (1962) — NASA astronaut Craig Venter (1964) - Scientist, winner of...
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    he spent 45 hours and 48 minutes outside the station. 8 hrs 56 min, by James Voss and Susan Helms, 11 March 2001 on an ISS assembly mission during Shuttle...
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    McNair Mike Mullane George Nelson Ellison Onizuka Judith Resnik Sally Ride Rhea Seddon Robert Stewart Kathryn Sullivan Norman Thagard James van Hoften...
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    McNair Mike Mullane George Nelson Ellison Onizuka Judith Resnik Sally Ride Rhea Seddon Robert Stewart Kathryn Sullivan Norman Thagard James van Hoften...
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