The Hairballs
Official group portrait
The Astronauts of Group 13
Year selected1990
Number selected23
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NASA Astronaut Group 13 (the Hairballs) was a group of 23 astronauts announced by NASA on 17 January 1990.[1] The group name came from its selection of a black cat as a mascot, to play against the traditional unlucky connotations of the number 13.[2]

Pilots

STS-56 Discovery (Science Mission; Flew as a Mission specialist)[4]
STS-69 Endeavour (2nd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)[5]
STS-80 Columbia (3rd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)[6]
STS-98 Atlantis (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Destiny Laboratory Module)[7]
STS-111 Endeavour (ISS Resupply Mission; Launched Expedition 5)[8]
STS-63 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission; became the first female pilot of a U.S. Spacecraft)[10]
STS-84 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)[11]
STS-93 Columbia (Deployed Chandra X-Ray Observatory; became the first female commander of a U.S. Spacecraft)[12]
STS-114 Discovery (Return to Flight)[13]
STS-67 Endeavour (2nd flight of the ASTRO telescope)[15]
STS-65 Columbia (Science Mission)[17]
STS-74 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)[18]
STS-83 Columbia (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems)[19]
STS-94 Columbia (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83)[20]
STS-101 Atlantis (ISS Supply Mission)[21]
STS-55 Columbia (German Spacelab Mission)[23]
STS-71 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)[24]
STS-84 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)[11]
STS-91 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)[25]
STS-58 Columbia (Science Mission)[27]
STS-76 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)[28]
STS-90 Columbia (Science Mission)[29]
STS-68 Endeavour (Science Mission)[31]
STS-79 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)[32]
STS-89 Endeavour (Shuttle-Mir Mission)[33]
STS-106 Atlantis (ISS Supply Mission)[34]

Mission specialists

STS-51 Discovery (Launched the ACTS satellite)[36]
STS-68 Endeavour (Science Mission)[31]
STS-77 Endeavour (Spartan-207)[37]
STS-108 Endeavour (ISS Resupply Mission)[38]
ISS Expedition 4 (6 month mission to the ISS)[39]
STS-111 Endeavour (The mission landed Expedition 4)[8]
STS-65 Columbia (Science Mission)[17]
STS-72 Endeavour (Returned Japan's Space Flyer Unit)[41]
STS-92 Discovery (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Z1 Truss Segment and PMA-3)[42]
Soyuz TMA-5 (The launch and landing vehicle of Expedition 10)[43][44]
ISS Expedition 10 (6 month mission to the ISS)[43]
STS-53 Discovery (Classified DoD Mission)[46]
STS-59 Endeavour (Science Mission)[47]
STS-76 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)[28]
STS-57 Endeavour (Science Mission)[49]
STS-70 Discovery (Launched TDRS 7)[50]
STS-88 Endeavour (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched Unity (Node 1), PMA-1, and PMA-2)[51]
STS-109 Columbia (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission; Columbia's last successful flight)[52]
STS-55 Columbia (German Spacelab Mission)[23]
STS-63 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)[10]
STS-54 Endeavour (Launched TDRS 6)[55]
STS-64 Discovery (Science Mission)[56]
STS-78 Columbia (Science Mission)[57]
STS-101 Atlantis (ISS Supply Mission)[21]
STS-102 Discovery (The mission launched Expedition 2)[58]
ISS Expedition 2 (6 month mission to the ISS)[59]
STS-105 Discovery (The mission landed Expedition 2)[60]
STS-59 Endeavour (Science Mission)[47]
STS-68 Endeavour (Science Mission)[31]
STS-80 Columbia (3rd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)[6]
STS-98 Atlantis (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Destiny Laboratory Module)[7]
STS-58 Columbia (Science Mission)[27]
STS-74 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)[18]
STS-92 Discovery (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Z1 Truss Segment and PMA-3)[42]
Soyuz TMA-7 (The launch and landing vehicle of Expedition 12)[63][64]
ISS Expedition 12 (6 month mission to the ISS; was the Expedition 12 CDR)[63][64]
STS-51 Discovery (Launched the ACTS satellite)[36]
STS-69 Endeavour (2nd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)[5]
STS-88 Endeavour (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched Unity (Node 1), PMA-1, and PMA-2)[51]
STS-109 Columbia (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission; Columbia's last successful flight)[52]
STS-56 Discovery (Science Mission)[4]
STS-66 Atlantis (Science Mission - ATLAS-03)[67]
STS-96 Discovery (ISS Supply Mission)[68]
STS-110 Atlantis (Launched the S0 Truss Segment)[69]
STS-60 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)[71]
STS-76 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)[28]
STS-65 Columbia (Science Mission)[17]
STS-70 Discovery (Launched TDRS 7)[50]
STS-83 Columbia (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems)[19]
STS-94 Columbia (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83)[20]
STS-57 Endeavour (Science Mission)[49]
STS-63 Discovery (Shuttle-Mir Mission)[10]
STS-83 Columbia (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems)[19]
STS-94 Columbia (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83)[20]
STS-99 Endeavour (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission)[74]
STS-51 Discovery (Satellite deployment Astronomy)[36]
STS-65 Columbia (Micro-gravity research)[17]
STS-79 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)[32]
STS-108 Endeavour (Crew rotation to the International Space Station ISS)[38]
ISS Expedition 4 (6 month mission to the ISS)[39]
STS-111 Endeavour (Crew rotation to the International Space Station ISS)[8]
STS-57 Endeavour (1st flight of Spacehab - Satellite retrieval)[49]
STS-68 Endeavour (Space Radar Lab-2 (SRL-2) )[31]
STS-81 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)[77]
STS-92 Discovery (delivered the Z1 truss and Pressurized Mating Adapter 3 to the International Space Station ISS)[42]
STS-58 Columbia (Spacelab Life Sciences 2)[27]
STS-86 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)[79]
STS-89 Atlantis (Shuttle-Mir Mission)[33]
STS-112 Atlantis (delivered the S1 truss segment to the International Space Station ISS)[80]
STS-127 Endeavour (install the final two components of the Japanese Experiment Module)[81]

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External links

NASA Astronaut Group 13, "The Hairballs", 1990
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