Martin Fettman, born December 31, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York, has made one trip into space.
His mission was aboard the space shuttle Columbia (STS-58) in October-November 1993 as payload specialist. He was among the group that collected blood and urine samples from their fellow astronauts for a series of metabolic experiments.
Seated (L-R): David Wolf, Shannon Lucid, Rhea Seddon, Richard Searfoss;
Standing (L-R): John Blaha, William McArthur, Martin Fettman
Mission patch
Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-58), launched October 18, 1993, used for the first time the Portable In-Flight Landing Operations Trainer (PILOT) simulation software. Its crew consisted of Commander John Blaha, Pilot Richard Searfoss, Rhea Seddon, William McArthur, David Wolf, Shannon Lucid and Martin Fettman.
PILOT was tested to be used as a tool to help the mission commander and shuttle pilot maintain proficiency for approach and landing.
During the mission, Rhea Seddon sent a message to her husband astronaut Robert Gibson when she surpassed his total time of almost 633 hours. Gibson teased that he had more launches than she did at the time.
