NASA Astronaut Group 10
NASA Astronaut Group 10 was a group of 17 NASA [Astronaut Groups|astronauts] that were announced on May 23, 1984 and consisted of seven pilots and ten mission specialists. Although selected in 1984, no member of the group would fly until 1988 due to the Challenger disaster and the resulting grounding of the Space Shuttle fleet.
Achievements
Of this group, several spaceflight firsts were achieved:- First American-born Hispanic astronaut and first Hispanic shuttle pilot and commander: Sidney Gutierrez
- First International Space Station commander: William Shepherd
- First person to command five space missions and tallest person in space: James Wetherbee
- First submariner in space: Michael McCulley
Group members
Pilots
- Kenneth D. Cameron, U.S. Marine Corps
- John H. Casper, U.S. Air Force
- Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., U.S. Navy
- Sidney M. Gutierrez, U.S. Air Force
- L. Blaine Hammond, Jr., U.S. Air Force
- Michael J. McCulley, U.S. Navy
- James D. "Wxb" Wetherbee, U.S. Navy
Mission Specialists
- James C. Adamson, U.S. Army
- Ellen S. Baker, Physician
- Mark N. Brown, U.S. Air Force
- Manley L. "Sonny" Carter, Jr., U.S. Navy
- Marsha S. Ivins, Engineer
- Mark C. Lee, U.S. Air Force
- G. David Low, Engineer
- William M. Shepherd, U.S. Navy
- Kathryn C. Thornton, Physicist
- Charles Veach, U.S. Air Force