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John Elmer Blaha (born August 26, 1942, in San Antonio, Texas) is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five space missions aboard the Space Shuttle and Mir .
John Elmer Blaha (nacido el 26 de agosto de 1942, en San Antonio (Texas) es un coronel retirado de la Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos y un exastronauta de la NASA. Es veterano de seis misiones en el Transbordador espacial y una estancia en la estación espacial Mir. [1]
John Blaha was selected as an astronaut in 1980 and went on to log 161 days in space on five missions. John E. Blaha NASA Bio. Learn More. Among them, he commanded STS-58 Columbia in 1993, which management recognized as NASA’s most successful and efficient Spacelab flight ever flown.
John Blaha es un astronauta americano que nació el 26 de agosto de 1942, en Texas. Antes de convertirse en astronauta, Blaha era piloto de la Fuerza Aérea. Ha registrado más de 5 500 horas de vuelo en 33 diferentes tipos de aeronaves. En 1980, Blaha se convirtió en astronauta.
John Blaha launched to Mir on September 16, 1996, aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-79. He officially became a member of the Mir-22 crew, joining Commander Valeri Korzun and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri.
John Blaha retired from NASA in September 1997 to return to his hometown of San Antonio, Texas, where he joined the Executive Management Group of the United Services Automobile Association.
24 de ago. de 1998 · NASA Shuttle-Mir Oral History Project. Edited Oral History Transcript. John E. Blaha. Interviewed by Rebecca Wright. San Antonio, TX – 24 August 1998. Wright: Today is August 24, 1998. We're speaking with Colonel John Blaha in San Antonio, Texas. Rebecca Wright, Andrea Hollman, and Paul Rollins.
