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John Harrison Konrad American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 12 March 1949.

Personal: Male. Born in Pontiac, Illinois, USA. Civilian Bachelor of science in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from the Oklahoma State University, 1971. Ph.D. in fluid mechanics from CalTech, 1977. Systems engineer at Hughes Aircraft, Co.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: Payload Specialist. Inactive Entered space service: 5 July 1984. Left space service: 1988.

Konrad Chronology

1985 April - STS-51-AA (cancelled). Planned shuttle mission. Cancelled due to payload delays.

1986 November - STS-61-L (cancelled). Planned shuttle mission for deployment of commercial communications satellites. Would have launched the first American journalist in space from Launch Complex 39B. Cancelled after Challenger disaster.

Bibliography:

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

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