Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1984.
1Flight
8d 5hTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Jon Andrew McBride was an American naval officer and aviator, fighter pilot, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and a NASA astronaut.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Charleston
- Education
- U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School; West Virginia University; Pepperdine University; Naval Postgraduate School; Woodrow Wilson High School
- Awards
- Air Medal; Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Space Shuttle Challenger / OV-099 | STS-41-GOctober 5, 1984
Born 1943-08-14 · died 2024-08-07, aged 80