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Holmes

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Holmes, Christopher John Nicholas (1950-) British physicist payload specialist astronaut, 1984-1986. Bachelor of Science in physics from the Queen Mary College, London, 1972. Physicist. Selected in 1984 for the British Skynet-Program. British National Space Center, London.

Birth Place: London.
Status: Inactive.


Born: 1950.07.10.

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Associated Countries

• UK UK 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-71-C Crew: Longhurst. Planned shuttle mission for deployment of commercial communications satellites. Cancelled after Challenger disaster. Backup crew: Holmes. 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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Holmes Chronology

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1987 January - .

• STS-71-C (cancelled) - . Crew: Longhurst. Backup Crew: Holmes. Payload: Communications satellites. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Longhurst; Holmes. Program: STS. Flight: STS-71-C. Spacecraft: Atlantis. Summary: Planned shuttle mission for deployment of commercial communications satellites. Cancelled after Challenger disaster. .

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