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David Leestma
Born
David Cornell Leestma
(1949-05-06) May 6, 1949 (age 75)
Muskegon, Michigan, U.S.
Education
United States Naval Academy (BS) Naval Postgraduate School (MS)
Space career
NASA astronaut
Rank
Captain, USN
Time in space
22d 4d 32m
Selection
NASA Group 9 (1980)
Total EVAs
1
Total EVA time
3h 29m
Missions
STS-41-G STS-28 STS-45
Mission insignia
David Cornell Leestma (born May 6, 1949) is a former American astronaut and retired Captain in the United States Navy.
David Cornell Leestma (born May 6, 1949) is a former American astronaut and retired Captain in the United States Navy. Born May 6, 1949, in Muskegon,...
Teacher in Space candidate Pam Leestma, a second-grade teacher and cousin of Space Shuttle astronaut DavidLeestma, completed a training flight aboard...
November 2021 ceremony. The 2022 inductees were Christopher Ferguson, DavidLeestma, and Sandra Magnus. Roy Bridges Jr. and Mark Kelly were the 2023 inductees...
closed. Sullivan performed an EVA with fellow TFNG mission specialist DavidLeestma, in which they showed that a satellite could be refueled in orbit. On...
retired Army lieutenant general, commander of First United States Army DavidLeestma – class of 1972 – Astronaut Thomas E. White – class of 1974 – United...
along with fellow astronaut alumni Jim Lovell, Charles O. Hobaugh, DavidLeestma, John M. Lounge, Bryan D. O'Connor and Pierre J. Thuot, for a celebration...
STS-42 Discovery — January 1992 — Mission Specialist 2 — Spacelab: IML-1 DavidLeestma (born 1949), U.S. Navy (3 flights) - Former NASA Manager of JSC's Advanced...
Ferguson Written by Toni Trow Myers Produced by Graeme Ferguson Starring DavidLeestma Jon A. McBride George Nelson Sally Ride Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan James...
Soyuz 13, Soyuz T-5/7 Mark C. Lee — STS-30, STS-47, STS-64, STS-82 DavidLeestma — STS-41-G, STS-28, STS-45 William B. Lenoir (1939–2010) — STS-5 Alexei...
Flight Crew Operations, DavidLeestma, to modify the experiments to harvest organs without killing the test animals. Leestma ignored this and took no...
Franklin Chang–Diaz, Mary Cleave, Bonnie Dunbar, William Fisher, David Hilmers, DavidLeestma, John Lounge, Jerry Ross, Sherwood Spring, Robert Springer International...
Mount Clemens: Richard A. Searfoss — STS-58, STS-76, STS-90 Muskegon: DavidLeestma — STS-41-G, STS-28, STS-45 Pontiac: Brent W. Jett, Jr. — STS-72, STS-81...
Kincheloe Jr., test pilot pioneer (born in Detroit; raised in Cassopolis) DavidLeestma, astronaut (born in Muskegon) Jerry M. Linenger, astronaut (born in...
pipe. 11 October 15:38 3 hours 29 minutes 19:05 STS-41-G Challenger DavidLeestma Kathryn Sullivan Demonstrated the use of the Orbital Refueling System...
"David C. Leestma Class of 1971". United States Naval Academy. Archived from the original on January 19, 2009. Retrieved February 15, 2009. "David C...
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