David C. Leestma

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NASA astronaut United States Navy officer human

David C. Leestma is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and later held leadership roles within NASA’s astronaut office and spaceflight programs.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
David C. Leestma canonical	3
David Cornell Leestma	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA astronaut ⓘ United States Navy officer ⓘ human ⓘ
almaMater	United States Naval Academy ⓘ
astronautGroup	NASA Astronaut Group 9 ⓘ
astronautSelectionYear	1980 ⓘ
awardReceived	NASA Exceptional Service Medal ⓘ NASA Space Flight Medal ⓘ
birthDate	1949-05-06 ⓘ
birthPlace	Muskegon, Michigan ⓘ surface form: Muskegon, Michigan, United States
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
degree	Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering ⓘ
educationEndYear	1971 ⓘ
employer	NASA ⓘ surface form: National Aeronautics and Space Administration United States Navy ⓘ
familyName	Leestma ⓘ
fieldOfWork	aeronautics ⓘ human spaceflight ⓘ
fullName	David C. Leestma self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: David Cornell Leestma
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	David ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Navy ⓘ
militaryRank	Captain ⓘ
navalAviator	true ⓘ
notableActivity	flew ATLAS-1 atmospheric and solar science mission STS-45 ⓘ flew classified Department of Defense mission STS-28 ⓘ participated in deployment of Earth Radiation Budget Satellite on STS-41-G ⓘ
occupation	astronaut ⓘ naval aviator ⓘ
positionHeld	Director of Flight Crew Operations at NASA Johnson Space Center ⓘ Manager of the Space Shuttle Program Integration Office ⓘ leadership roles in NASA Astronaut Office ⓘ
retiredFrom	NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ
roleInMission	mission specialist on STS-28 ⓘ mission specialist on STS-41-G ⓘ mission specialist on STS-45 ⓘ
selectedAsAstronautBy	NASA ⓘ
serviceStart	United States Navy service beginning in 1971 ⓘ
spaceFlight	STS-45 ⓘ surface form: Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-45 Space Shuttle Challenger STS-41-G ⓘ STS-28 ⓘ surface form: Space Shuttle Columbia STS-28
spaceMission	STS-28 ⓘ STS-41-G ⓘ STS-45 ⓘ
totalSpaceFlights	3 ⓘ
totalTimeInSpace	approximately 22 days ⓘ
workLocation	Johnson Space Center ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

STS-41-G → crewMember → David C. Leestma ⓘ

STS-41-G → missionSpecialist → David C. Leestma ⓘ

STS-45 → missionSpecialist → David C. Leestma ⓘ

David C. Leestma → fullName → David C. Leestma self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: David Cornell Leestma