Loren J. Shriver

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NASA astronaut human military officer test pilot

Loren J. Shriver is a retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force colonel who flew on three Space Shuttle missions and later served in leadership roles within NASA’s Space Shuttle program.

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Loren J. Shriver canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA astronaut ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Science ⓘ
Master of Science ⓘ
awardReceived Defense Superior Service Medal ⓘ
Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
NASA Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal ⓘ
conflict Vietnam War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1944-09-23 ⓘ
educatedAt Purdue University ⓘ
United States Air Force Academy ⓘ
employer NASA ⓘ
surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
familyName Shriver ⓘ
fieldOfStudy aeronautical engineering ⓘ
givenName Loren ⓘ
memberOf NASA Astronaut Group 8 ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Air Force ⓘ
militaryRank colonel ⓘ
missionLaunchDate STS-31 1990-04-24 ⓘ
STS-46 1992-07-31 ⓘ
STS-51-C 1985-01-24 ⓘ
notableFor leadership roles in NASA’s Space Shuttle program ⓘ
notableWork deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope on STS-31 ⓘ
numberOfSpaceFlights 3 ⓘ
occupation aerospace engineer ⓘ
astronaut ⓘ
fighter pilot ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
placeOfBirth Jefferson, Iowa ⓘ
surface form: Jefferson, Iowa, United States
positionHeld Deputy Director of the NASA Johnson Space Center ⓘ
Space Shuttle Program Manager for Launch Integration at Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
Vice President of Engineering and Integration for United Space Alliance ⓘ
retiredFromNASA 1993 ⓘ
retiredFromUSAirForce colonel rank ⓘ
roleInMission commander of STS-31 ⓘ
commander of STS-46 ⓘ
pilot of STS-51-C ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spacecraftFlown Space Shuttle Atlantis ⓘ
Space Shuttle Discovery ⓘ
spaceMission STS-31 ⓘ
STS-46 ⓘ
STS-51-C ⓘ
totalTimeInSpace about 16 days ⓘ
wasSelectedAsAstronautIn 1978 ⓘ

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STS-31 → commander → Loren J. Shriver ⓘ
Space Shuttle mission STS-51-C → crewMember → Loren J. Shriver ⓘ
subject surface form: STS-51-C
Space Shuttle mission STS-51-C → pilot → Loren J. Shriver ⓘ
subject surface form: STS-51-C
STS-51-C → crewMember → Loren J. Shriver ⓘ
STS-51-C → pilot → Loren J. Shriver ⓘ