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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