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Topic: Tallest astronaut or cosmonaut to fly in space?
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webbrass Member Posts: 72 From: Charlottesville, Virginia Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 06-03-2004 09:17 AM
My boss and I attended an excellent talk by Kathy Thornton the other day and it started a conversation about how we all had dreamed of being astronauts as kids. He said the factor that limited him was height. He's 6' 6". That brought up the question who was/is the tallest astronaut and what is the height limit on astronauts today. Anyone know? |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-03-2004 09:39 AM
Current candidate requirements are as follows:Pilots - between 64 and 76 inches Mission Specialists - between 58.5 and 76 inches As for learning who is/was the tallest, NASA used to provide a physical description (including height) with their astronaut biographies, but apparently no longer. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo Member Posts: 3445 From: Toms River, NJ Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 06-03-2004 10:35 AM
Well, how tall is Scott "Too Tall" Parazynski?  |
OV-105 Member Posts: 816 From: Ridgecrest, CA Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 06-03-2004 12:10 PM
At one time it was "Ox" Van Hofften (41C,51I) at 6 foot something. For current I don't know. I think Anna Fisher is still the smallest. |
NasaFrk Member Posts: 56 From: Winter Park,FL Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 06-03-2004 07:12 PM
I would have guessed that Nancy Currie was one of the shortest (height limited) astronauts. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo Member Posts: 3445 From: Toms River, NJ Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 06-03-2004 11:26 PM
quote: Originally posted by NasaFrk: I would have guessed that Nancy Currie was one of the shortest (height limited) astronauts.
Or Parazynski's counterpart, "Too Short" Lawrence (Wendy Lawrence). And yes, they did have those monikers on their name tags.... |
Kirsten Member Posts: 536 From: Delft, Netherlands Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 06-16-2004 04:32 PM
How long/short is Steve Smith? I guess he is one of the taller guys within the US astronaut corps. |
Mike Z Member Posts: 451 From: Ellicott City, Maryland Registered: Dec 2005
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posted 06-09-2013 06:24 PM
How tall is ESA Astronaut Luca Parmitano? |
Rob Joyner Member Posts: 1308 From: GA, USA Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 06-09-2013 08:18 PM
I think Jim Wetherbee is right at 6'4". |
mach3valkyrie Member Posts: 719 From: Albany, Oregon Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 06-09-2013 09:47 PM
Scott Altman is pretty tall; don't know his exact height. |
chappy Member Posts: 231 From: Cardiff, S. Wales, UK Registered: Apr 2006
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posted 06-10-2013 12:35 AM
Jeffery Hoffman is tall too... |
moorouge Member Posts: 2454 From: U.K. Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 06-10-2013 02:09 AM
Joe Allen was quite small. There, somewhere, is a video of him being extracted from one of the storage lockers on the shuttle. |
hoorenz Member Posts: 1031 From: The Netherlands Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 06-10-2013 04:48 AM
He was not really pulled from the locker - he was situated behind the entire row of lockers and by positioning the camera on the other end, it was made to look that way. |
tncmaxq Member Posts: 287 From: New Haven, CT USA Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 06-10-2013 05:31 AM
I read that Rick Hieb was near the limit at 6'3. I met him once and he was a bit taller than I am at 6'1. |
East-Frisian Member Posts: 586 From: Germany Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 06-10-2013 12:30 PM
Scott Parazynski, I guess. |
East-Frisian Member Posts: 586 From: Germany Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 06-10-2013 12:33 PM
quote: Originally posted by mach3valkyrie: Scott Altman is pretty tall; don't know his exact height.
Scott Altman was 6 ft. 4 inches according to an old NASA biography. |
MarylandSpace Member Posts: 1337 From: Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 06-10-2013 07:22 PM
Jon McBride's name badge used to read "Big Jon." |
East-Frisian Member Posts: 586 From: Germany Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 06-11-2013 12:44 PM
But with 6 feet 2 inches not the tallest. Scott Parazynski has also 6 feet 2 inches. |