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This is NASA's press kit for Space Shuttle mission STS-75, dated February 1996 and later edited by Richard W. Orloff. It covers Columbia's planned 13-day flight carrying the Italian Tethered Satellite System reflight (TSS-1R) and the third United States Microgravity Payload. The kit sets out launch and landing plans, abort modes, the timeline, payload weights, crew duties, the tether's science objectives and investigators, and crew biographies. It does not mention any unidentified objects.
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Edited by Richard W. Orloff, 01/2001/Page 31 BIOGRAPHICAL DATA Andrew M. Allen (Lieutenant Colonel, USMC) NASA Astronaut BIRTHPLACE AND DATE: Born August 4, 1955, in Philadelphia, PA. His father, Charles A. Allen, resides in Richboro, PA. His mother, Loretta T. Allen, is deceased. EDUCATION: Graduated from Archbishop Wood High School, Warminster, PA, in 1973; received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Villanova University in 1977. CHILDREN: Jessica Marie, July 19, 1985; Meredith Frances, January 9, 1990. SPECIAL HONORS: Recipient of the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Single Mission Air Medal, the NASA Exceptional Service Medal, the NASA Space Flight Medal, and an honorary Doctorate of Public Service from Bucks County Community College (PA) in 1993. EXPERIENCE: Allen was a member of the Navy ROTC unit and received his commission in the United States Marine Corps at Villanova University in 1977. Following graduation from flight school, he flew F-4 Phantoms from 1980 to 1983 with VMFA-312 at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, SC, and was assigned as the Aircraft Maintenance Officer. He was selected by Headquarters Marine Corps for fleet introduction of the F/A-18 Hornet, and was assigned to VMFA-531 in MCAS El Toro, California, from 1983 to 1986. During his stay in VMFA-531, he was assigned as the squadron Operations Officer, and also attended and graduated from the Marine Weapons & Tactics Instructor Course, and the Naval Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun). A 1987 graduate of the United States Navy Test Pilot School at Patuxent River, MD, he was a test pilot under instruction when advised of his selection to the astronaut program. He has logged over 4,500 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft. NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected by NASA in June 1987, Allen became an astronaut in August 1988. His technical assignments have included: Astronaut Office representative for all Space Shuttle issues related to landing sites, landing and deceleration hardware, including improvements to nosewheel steering, brakes and tires, and drag chute design; Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL), which oversees, checks, and verifies all Shuttle flight control software and avionics programs; served as Technical Assistant to the Flight Crew Operations Director who is responsible for and manages all flight crew operations and support; was the lead of the Astronaut Support Personnel team which oversee Shuttle test, checkout, and preparation at Kennedy Space Center; served as Special Assistant to the Director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas; was lead of a Functional Workforce Review at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to determine minimal workforce and management structure requirements which allow maximum budget reductions while safely continuing Shuttle Flight Operations. A veteran of two space flights, Allen has logged over 526 hours in space. He was the pilot on STS-46 in 1992, and STS-62 in 1994. Allen is assigned to command the STS-75 mission, a 13-day flight scheduled for launch in early 1996.
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