Bruce Melnick, born December 5, 1949 in New York City, New York, is a veteran of two space shuttle flights. He spent 20 years in the Coast Guard, which included being chief test pilot at the Aircraft Program Office in Grand Prairie, Texas.
His first mission was on Discovery (STS-41) in October 1990 as mission specialist. The main objective of the mission was to deploy the Ulysses spacecraft to explore the polar regions of the sun.
His second and final mission was the maiden voyage of Endeavour (STS-49) in May 1992 as mission specialist. Its purpose was to retrieve an Intelsat satellite and boost it into a higher orbit.
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