Frank Culbertson, born May 15, 1949 in Charleston, South Carolina, has been in space three times, and is the only American not on Earth during the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
His first flight was aboard Atlantis (STS-38) as pilot in November 1990. The mission carried a classified payload for the Department of Defense.
His second flight was aboard Discovery (STS-51) as commander in September 1993. The astronauts were filmed by a camera crew from the United Kingdom and the documentary was released as Space Shuttle Discovery.
His third and final flight was aboard Discovery (STS-105), launched in August 2001 as mission specialist to the International Space Station. He was commander of the ISS during Expedition 3. He conducted one space walk with fellow astronaut Vladimir Dezhurov for just over 5 hours. He returned to Earth on Endeavour (STS-108) in December 2001.
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