John McCreary Fabian, born January 28, 1939 in Goose Creek, Texas, is a veteran of two space shuttle missions. He joined the US Air Force in 1962, and received flight training at Williams Air Force Base in Arizona.
His first mission into space was aboard Challenger (STS-7) in June 1983 as mission specialist. Sally Ride was on board as the first U.S. female astronaut. Ronald Reagan, then President, sent Jelly Belly jelly beans with the astronauts, the first jelly beans in space.
Fabian's second and final mission was aboard Discovery (STS-51-G) in June 1985 as mission specialist. It was the first flight for Shannon Lucid and the only flights for Patrick Baudry (CNES) and Sultan Salman al Saud, the first Arab, first Muslim and first royal astronaut.
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