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Chappell

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Chappell, Charles Richard (1943-) American physicist payload specialist astronaut, 1985-1992.

Bachelor of arts in physics from the Vanderbilt University, 1965. Ph.D. in space science from the Rice University, Texas, 1969. Worked for NASA's Marshall Spaceflight Center. Scientific Payload Specialist Selection 6 in 1985. From 1995, a Director at NASA MSFC. From 1999 Division of Media Relations, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.

Birth Place: Greenville, South Carolina.
Status: Inactive.


Born: 1943.06.02.

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Associated Countries

• USA USA More...

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See also

• Payload Specialist Requirement: technicians to operate specific payloads on shuttle missions. More...

• Payload Specialist Astronaut Astronauts trained for spaceflight but for only support of a specific payload on a single space mission. More...

• Physicist Category of persons. More...

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Associated Flights

• STS-61-K Crew: Brand, Griggs, Stewart, Nicollier, Garriott, Lichtenberg, Lampton, Stevenson. Planned EOM-1 shuttle mission. Cancelled after Challenger disaster. No crew named, later combined with STS-61K Backup crew: Frimout, Chappell. More...

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Associated Manufacturers and Agencies

• NASA Huntsville Army Ballistic Missile Agency, USA. More...

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Bibliography

• Becker, Joachim, "Space Facts Web Site", http://www.spacefacts.de/, Web Address when accessed: here.

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Chappell Chronology

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1986 October - .

• STS-61-K (cancelled) - . Crew: Brand; Griggs; Stewart; Nicollier; Garriott; Lichtenberg; Lampton; Stevenson. Backup Crew: Frimout; Chappell. Payload: EOM-1/2. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Brand; Griggs; Stewart; Nicollier; Garriott; Lichtenberg; Lampton; Stevenson; Frimout; Chappell. Program: STS. Flight: STS-61-K. Spacecraft: Columbia. Summary: Planned EOM-1 shuttle mission. Cancelled after Challenger disaster. No crew named, later combined with STS-61K.

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