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Topic: Shuttle mission with the most one-time astronauts
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ilbasso
Member Posts: 1522
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 06-20-2011 09:33 AM
   
Here's a question: which shuttle mission saw the most number of astronauts who made their one and only spaceflight on that mission? STS-51F comes to mind for me, with 5 of the 7 astronauts only making one trip into space in their careers. |
Greggy_D
Member Posts: 977
From: Michigan
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 06-20-2011 10:52 AM
I'm thinking you are probably correct. |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 06-20-2011 06:50 PM
...and the only U.S. (multi-crew) mission consisting of first (and only) time fliers is Skylab 4. |
Skylon
Member Posts: 274
From:
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 06-21-2011 06:43 AM
Yeah, I think you are correct with STS 51-F. And if you want to take that statistic further, only one of the STS 51-F crew flew again (Story Musgrave).The only flight I can think of that comes close in terms of "one time fliers" is probably only due to tragedy: STS-107, which had four one-time fliers (McCool, Brown, Clark and Ramon). |
Rusty B
Member Posts: 239
From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 06-25-2011 01:18 AM
Another is Apollo 14. The CDR had flown a 15-minute sub-orbital flight. |
dogcrew5369
Member Posts: 750
From: Statesville, NC
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 06-26-2011 12:38 PM
Wouldn't STS-129 be tied with 107 for second most? Melvin, Bresnik, Satcher and Wilmore flew only one spaceflight (so far). |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-26-2011 01:42 PM
Leland Melvin flew on STS-122 and STS-129. |
dogcrew5369
Member Posts: 750
From: Statesville, NC
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 06-27-2011 04:44 PM
My bad... how could I have forgotten his 122 mission. |
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