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National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas 77058 AC 713 483-5111

Rh Jeffrey Carr Release No. 90-033

Shuttle Crews Named for 1991 Missions (STS-43, STS-44, STS-45)

Astronaut crew assignments have been made for three Space Shuttle missions scheduled for early to mid 1991, bringing the total number of Shuttle crews currently in training to twelve.

Navy Capt. David M. Walker will command a crew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-44, a Department of Defense dedicated flight currently targeted for March, 1991. Air Force Lt. Col. Terence T. "Tom" Henricks will serve 4s pilot. Mission specialists for the flight will be F. Story Musgrave, M.D., Navy Lt. Cmdr. Mario Runco, Jr., and Army Lt. Col. James S. Voss.

Marine Col. Charles F. Bolden, Jr., will command Shuttle flight STS-45 (ATLAS-01), a mission dedicated to studying atmospheric phenomena from a laboratory aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. Air Force Maj. Brian Duffy will serve as pilot. Mission specialists are payload commander Kathryn D. Sullivan, Ph.D., C. Michael Foale, Ph.D., and Navy Capt. David C. Leestma. Payload specialists for the mission, currently projected for April, 1991, are Michael L. Lampton, Ph.D., and Byron K. Lichtenburg, Ph.D. Sullivan, Foale, Lampton, and Lichtenburg had been previously named to the flight.

Air Force Col. John E. Blaha will command STS-43, a five day mission to deploy the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-E, planned for May, 1991. Serving as pilot aboard Discovery will be Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael A. Baker. Mission specialists will be Shannon W. Lucid, Ph.D., G. David Low, and Army Lt. Col. James C. Adamson.