Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Happy birthday, Space Shuttle astronaut Byron Lichtenberg!


Byron Lichtenberg, born February 19, 1948 in Pennsylvania, is a payload specialist on two Space Shuttle flights. 

His first flight was aboard Columbia (STS-9) as payload specialist in November-December 1983.  The mission carried the first Spacelab module into orbit. 

His second and final flight was aboard Atlantis (STS-45) as payload specialist in March-April 1992.  The mission carried the first Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-1) into orbit.


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