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    David Cornell Leestma (born May 6, 1949) is a former American astronaut and retired Captain in the United States Navy. Born May 6, 1949, in Muskegon,...
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    Teacher in Space candidate Pam Leestma, a second-grade teacher and cousin of Space Shuttle astronaut David Leestma, completed a training flight aboard...
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    mission (including Sullivan and Leestma's EVA) appeared in the 1985 IMAX movie The Dream is Alive. Personnel: Leestma and Sullivan Date: October 11, 1984...
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    Franklin Chang-Díaz Mary Cleave Bonnie Dunbar William Fisher David Hilmers David Leestma John Lounge Jerry Ross Sherwood Spring Robert Springer International...
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    size 5 Members Brewster H. Shaw Richard N. Richards James C. Adamson David Leestma Mark N. Brown Start of mission Launch date August 8, 1989, 12:37:00 (August...
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    STS-86, STS-91, STS-114 Mark Lee – STS-30, STS-47, STS-64, STS-82 David Leestma – STS-41-G, STS-28, STS-45 William Lenoir – STS-5 Don Lind – STS-51-B...
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    Crew size 7 Members Charles Bolden Brian Duffy Kathryn D. Sullivan David Leestma Michael Foale Dirk Frimout Byron K. Lichtenberg Start of mission Launch...
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    Kelly (Class of 1994), Astronaut, United States Senator from Arizona David Leestma (Class of 1972), Astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria (Class of 1984), Astronaut...
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    closed. Sullivan performed an EVA with fellow TFNG mission specialist David Leestma, in which they showed that a satellite could be refueled in orbit. On...
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    Franklin Chang-Díaz Mary Cleave Bonnie Dunbar William Fisher David Hilmers David Leestma John Lounge Jerry Ross Sherwood Spring Robert Springer International...
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    Flight Crew Operations, David Leestma, to modify the experiments to harvest organs without killing the test animals. Leestma ignored this and took no...
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    Curtis (1872-1942), astronomer Clara H. Hasse (1880–1926), botanist David Leestma, astronaut W. Wesley Peterson, mathematician and computer scientist...
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    along with fellow astronaut alumni Jim Lovell, Charles O. Hobaugh, David Leestma, John M. Lounge, Bryan D. O'Connor and Pierre J. Thuot, for a celebration...
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  • Soyuz 13, Soyuz T-5/7 Mark C. Lee — STS-30, STS-47, STS-64, STS-82 David Leestma — STS-41-G, STS-28, STS-45 William B. Lenoir (1939–2010) — STS-5 Alexei...
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    Franklin Chang-Díaz Mary Cleave Bonnie Dunbar William Fisher David Hilmers David Leestma John Lounge Jerry Ross Sherwood Spring Robert Springer International...
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  • Franklin Chang–Diaz, Mary Cleave, Bonnie Dunbar, William Fisher, David Hilmers, David Leestma, John Lounge, Jerry Ross, Sherwood Spring, Robert Springer International...
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    Walker  United States 150 Marc Garneau  Canada 5 October 1984 STS-41-G David Leestma  United States Jon McBride  United States Paul Scully-Power  United...
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    Astronaut Office in Houston in December 1993. She was approached by David Leestma, a fellow member of the 1980 group of astronauts who was now the Director...
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  • Dzhanibekov 1984: Salyut 7 EP-4 EVA 1 1985: Salyut 7 EO-4 EVA 1 2 45 U.S. David Leestma 1984: STS-41-G EVA 1 1 46 U.S. Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan 1984: STS-41-G...
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    American woman on October 11, 1984. With fellow mission specialist David Leestma, she performed a 3.5-hour spacewalk in which they operated the ORS to...
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    STS-42 Discovery — January 1992 — Mission Specialist 2 — Spacelab: IML-1 David Leestma (born 1949), U.S. Navy (3 flights) - Former NASA Manager of JSC's Advanced...
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    Kincheloe Jr., test pilot pioneer (born in Detroit; raised in Cassopolis) David Leestma, astronaut (born in Muskegon) Jerry M. Linenger, astronaut (born in...
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    C. Lee — STS-30 (1989), STS-47 (1992), STS-64 (1994), STS-82 (1997) David Leestma — STS-41-G (1984), STS-28 (1989), STS-45 (1992) William B. Lenoir (1939–2010)...
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  • Mount Clemens: Richard A. Searfoss — STS-58, STS-76, STS-90 Muskegon: David Leestma — STS-41-G, STS-28, STS-45 Pontiac: Brent W. Jett, Jr. — STS-72, STS-81...
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  • Ferguson Written by Toni Trow Myers Produced by Graeme Ferguson Starring David Leestma Jon A. McBride George Nelson Sally Ride Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan James...
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  • Archived from the original on 23 December 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2008. David R. Williams (2004). "The First U.S. Spacewalk – Gemini 4". Lunar and Planetary...
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    Christopher Ferguson, David Leestma, and Sandra Magnus. Roy Bridges Jr. and Mark Kelly were the 2023 inductees. The 2024 inductees were David C. Hilmers and...
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  • pipe. 11 October 15:38 3 hours 29 minutes 19:05 STS-41-G Challenger David Leestma Kathryn Sullivan Demonstrated the use of the Orbital Refueling System...
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    "David C. Leestma Class of 1971". United States Naval Academy. Archived from the original on January 19, 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2009. "David C...
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  • investigators determined very early that he had not. Forensic neuropathologist Jan Leestma testified Kathleen Peterson had likely sustained four blows to the head...
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