NASA-8 astronaut group, 1978

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  Fabian American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1978-1985.
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  Scobee American test pilot astronaut 1978-1986. Died in Challenger accident.
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  Griggs American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1978-1989. Died in the crash of a World-War-II-era training plane.
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  Gregory American test pilot astronaut 1978-1993. Flew 550 combat missions in Vietnam. USAF helicopter pilot who would fly his T-38 trainer at alarmingly low altitude during cross-country trips. Paradoxically later appointed NASA Administrator for Safety.
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  Hauck American test pilot astronaut 1978-1989. Flew 114 combat missions in Vietnam.
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  Williams, Donald American test pilot astronaut 1978-1990.
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  Bluford American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1978-1993. First African-American in space. Flew 144 combat missions in Vietnam.
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  Lucid American biochemist mission specialist astronaut 1978-2012. Biochemist, first American woman to make a long-duration space station mission.
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  Brandenstein American test pilot astronaut 1978-1992. Flew 192 combat missions in Vietnam.
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  Creighton American test pilot astronaut 1978-1992. Grew up in Seattle, Washington. Flew 175 combat missions in Vietnam. Bachelor navy fighter pilot with a midnight blue corvette and a ski boat dubbed Sin Ship.
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  Thagard American physician mission specialist astronaut 1978-1996. First American to fly aboard a Russian spacecraft. Grew up in Jacksonville, Florida.
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  McBride American test pilot astronaut 1978-1989. Heavyset Navy pilot with a talent for playing to a crowd. Flew 64 combat missions in Vietnam. Later ran in, but lost, the Republican primary for governor of West Virginia.
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  Walker, Dave American test pilot astronaut 1978-1996. Navy nickname Red Flash, a confident pilot.
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  van Hoften American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1978-1986. Grew up in Burlingame, California.
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  Shriver American test pilot astronaut 1978-1993. Grew up in Paton, Iowa.
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  Hoffman American astrophysicist mission specialist astronaut 1978-1997.
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  Shaw American test pilot astronaut 1978-1989.
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  Buchli American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1978-1992. Grew up in Fargo, North Dakota.
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  Mullane American test engineer mission specialist astronaut 1978-1990. Author of the frankest astronaut biography ever published. Flew 150 combat missions in Vietnam.
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  Coats American test pilot astronaut 1978-1991. Flew 315 combat missions in Vietnam.
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  Onizuka American test engineer mission specialist astronaut 1978-1986. Died in Challenger accident.
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  Covey American test pilot astronaut 1978-1994. Grew up in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, son of an Air Force officer. Flew 339 combat missions during two tours in Southeast Asia
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  Hart American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1978-1984.
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  Nagel American test pilot astronaut 1978-1995. Was married to astronaut Linda Godwin.
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  Gibson American test pilot astronaut 1978-1996. Flew combat missions over Vietnam. Was married to astronaut Rhea Seddon.
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  Seddon American physician mission specialist astronaut 1978-1998. Physician. Was married to astronaut Robert Lee (Hoot) Gibson.
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  Gardner American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1978-1986.
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  Resnik American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1978-1986. Engineer. Died in Challenger accident.
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  Fisher American physician mission specialist astronaut 1980-2006. First mother in space. Was married to astronaut William Fisher. Took extended leave 1989 to 1996 to raise family.
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  Nelson American astronomer mission specialist astronaut 1978-1989.
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  McNair American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1978-1986. The first American black astronaut to fly in space. Died in Challenger accident.
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  Ride American physicist mission specialist astronaut 1978-1987. Physicist, first American woman in space. Was married to astronaut Steven Alan Hawley.
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  Sullivan American geologist mission specialist astronaut 1978-1993. Geologist, first American woman to walk in space. As of 1999 Ms Sullivan was Director of the Center of Science and Industry in Columbus, Ohio.
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  Hawley American astronomer mission specialist astronaut 1978-2008. Was married to astronaut Sally Ride.
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  Stewart American test pilot mission specialist astronaut 1978-1986.