Ronald John Grabe, born June 13, 1945 in New York City, New York, is a veteran of four space shuttle flights. In 1969 he was assigned as F-100 pilot in Vietnam where he flew 200 combat missions.
He became an astronaut in 1981 and his first flight into space was aboard the maiden voyage of Atlantis (STS-51-J) as pilot in October 1985. It was the second shuttle mission dedicated completely to the Department of Defense.
His second flight was back aboard Atlantis (STS-30) as pilot in May 1989. The crew deployed the Magellan probe, to study Venus.
His third flight was as commander aboard Discovery (STS-42) in January 1992. This mission carried Canada's first female astronaut Roberta Bondar.
Grabe's last flight was aboard Endeavour (STS-57) as commander June-July 1993.
He retired from NASA in 1994.
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