Blaha

John Elmer

USA

International order nº: 219

US astr. nº: 130

Personal data:

Birthdate:	26 Aug 1942
Birthplace:	San Antonio / Texas
Marital status:	married
Children:	three
Selection date:	19 May 1980
Selection group:	NASA-9
Job:	CDR
Status:	Ret. 26 Sep 1997

Spaceflights:

Ord. num.	Startup spacecraft	Date and time of launch (UT)	Status while launch	Spacecraft of landing	Date and time of landing (UT)	Duration
1	STS-29 (Discovery/8)	14h.57m.00s. Mar 13, 1989	Plt	STS-29 (Discovery/8)	14h.36m.41s. Mar 18, 1989	4d.23h.39m.41s.
2	STS-33 (Discovery/9)	00h.23m.30s. Nov 23, 1989	Plt	STS-33 (Discovery/9)	00h.31m.02s. Nov 28, 1989	5d.00h.07m.32s.
3	STS-43 (Atlantis/9)	15h.02m.00s. Aug 02, 1991	Cdr	STS-43 (Atlantis/9)	12h.24m.25s. Aug 11, 1991	8d.21h.22m.25s.
4	STS-58 (Columbia/15)	14h.53m.10s. Oct 18, 1993	Cdr	STS-58 (Columbia/15)	15h.06m.42s. Nov 01, 1993	14d.00h.13m.32s.
5	STS-79 (Atlantis/17)	08h.54m.49s. Sep 16, 1996	MSP (AI/Mir-22)	STS-81 (Atlantis/18)	14h.23m.51s. Jan 22, 1997	128d.05h.29m.02s.
Total duration:						161d 02h 52m 12s.

Backup assignments:

No.	Mission	Job	Date
1	STS-76	Flight Engineer

Personal Patch:

Additional information

Bachelor of science in engineering science, from USAF Academy, 1965; master of science in astronautical engineering from Purdue University, 1966;
Colonel, USAF, Ret.; he flew 361 combat missions in Vietnam; he enjoys exercise and tennis in his free time; Blaha retired from NASA on 26.09.1997 to serve as Assistent Vice President, Integration Engineering bei USAA Corp., San Antonio, Texas.

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