STS-88 Crew Members

Crew Members

Commander: Robert D. Cabana

Previous Space Flights:
Cabana’s first flew as pilot of STS-41 in October 1990, deploying the Ulysses probe to study the Sun's polar regions. He flew as pilot of STS-53 in December 1992, a classified mission, and he commanded STS-65 in July 1994, a lab flight with 80 experiments from 15 countries. He has logged over 353 hours in space and over 5,000 flying hours in 33 types of aircraft.

Pilot: Frederick (Rick) W. Sturckow

Previous Space Flights:
Sturckow will be making his first space flight

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Mission Specialist 1: Jerry L. Ross

Previous Space Flights:
Ross flew as a mission specialist on STS 61-B in December 1985; STS-27 in December 1988; STS-37 in April 1991; STS-55 in April 1993; and STS-74 in November 1995. He has logged over 850 hours in space, including 23 hours on four spacewalks.

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Mission Specialist 2: Nancy J. Currie

Previous Space Flights:
Currie first flew on STS-57 in June 1993, a mission that retrieved the EURECA satellite. She next flew on STS-70 in July 1995, a mission that deployed a NASA communications satellite. Currie has logged over 454 hours in space.

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Mission Specialist 3: James H. Newman

Previous Space Flights:
Newman served as a mission specialist on STS-51 in September 1993 and on STS-69 in September 1995. He has logged more than 496 hours in space, including 7 hours on one spacewalk.

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Mission Specialist 4: Sergei Krikalev

Previous Space Flights:
Krikalev has flown twice on the Mir space station, in 1988 and in 1991. He has flown once on the Space Shuttle - the first cosmonaut to do so - on STS-60 in 1994, the first Shuttle rendezvous with Mir. He also is a member of the first crew set for launch to the International Space Station in July 1999. He has logged more than 1 year and 3 months in space, including seven spacewalks.

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