Endeavour (STS-67) launched 1995

STS-67 crew:

Front row (L-R): Stephen Oswald, Tamara Jernigan, William Gregory

Back row (L-R): Ronald Parise, Wendy Lawrence, John Grunsfeld, Samuel Durrance

Mission patch

Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-67), launched March 2, 1995, was dedicated to conduct astronomical observations in the ultraviolet wavelengths.  Its crew consisted of Commander Stephen Oswald, Pilot William Gregory, John Grunsfeld, Wendy Lawrence, Tamara Jernigan, Samuel Durrance, and Ronald Parise.  

The Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope, the Wisconsin Ultraviolet, the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT), and the Photo-Polarimeter Experiment were the three most important instruments aboard the Endeavour.  

They returned to Earth on March 18.

Ron Parise, Space Shuttle astronaut, born 1951

Ronald Parise, born May 24,1951 in Warren, Ohio, was a veteran of two space shuttle missions.

His first flight was aboard Columbia (STS-35) as mission specialist in December 1990.  Being a ham radio operator, Parise conducted radio transmissions with ground-based amateur operators.

His second and last flight was aboard Endeavour (STS-67) as payload specialist in March 1995.  It was the second spacelab mission to conduct astronomical observations in the ultraviolet spectrum.

Parise passed away in May 2008 from a brain tumor just weeks shy of his 57th birthday.

Columbia (STS-35) launched 1990

STS-35 crew

Front row (L-R): Guy Gardner, Vance Brand, John Lounge

Back row (L-R): Robert Parker, Ronald Parise, Jeffrey Hoffman, Samuel Durrance

Mission patch

Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-35), launched December 2, 1990, was devoted to astronomical observations.  Its crew consisted of Commander Vance Brand, Pilot Guy Gardner, Jeffrey Hoffman, John Lounge, Robert Parker, Samuel Durrance, and Ronald Parise.

They returned to Earth December 11.