John Elmer Blaha, born August 26, 1942 in San Antonio, made 6 trips to space aboard space shuttles and one four-month stay on Mir.
His first flight was on board Discovery (STS-29) in March 1989. His second mission was also on Discovery (STS-33) in November 1989. His third mission (STS-43) was on Atlantis in August 1991. The fourth was on Columbia (STS-58) in October 1993, during which they performed numerous medical experiments expanding our knowledge of human physiology in space.
His fifth flight took him to Mir on Atlantis (STS-79) in September 1996 where he would spend the next four months. Atlantis brought Shannon Lucid home from Mir.
Blaha returned to Earth on Atlantis (STS-81) in January 1997.
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