Steven Hawley, born December 12, 1951 in Ottawa, Kansas, is a veteran of 5 space shuttle flights, logging over 770 hours in space.
His first mission was aboard the maiden voyage of Discovery (STS-41-D) as mission specialist August-September 1984. Portions of the mission were filmed for the IMAX motion picture The Dream is Alive.
His second flight was aboard Columbia (STS-61-C) in January 1986 as mission specialist. It was the last successful space shuttle flight before the Challenger disaster, which occurred only 10 days after Columbia landed.
Hawley's third flight was on Discovery (STS-31) in April 1990. During this flight, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed.
His fourth flight was on Discovery(!) (STS-82) in February 1997. His primary role was to operate the Discovery's robotic arm to retrieve and redeploy the Hubble Telescope after upgrades and repairs.
Hawley's fifth and final flight was on Columbia (STS-93) in July 1999 as flight engineer. The Chandra X-ray Observatory was deployed during the mission.
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