NASA Photograph of Astronaut Henry W. Hartsfield
NASA Photograph of Astronaut Henry W. Hartsfield
Henry Warren "Hank" Hartsfield, Jr. was a United States Air Force officer and a USAF and NASA astronaut who logged over 480 hours in space over three missions.Hartsfield was a member of the astronaut support crew for Apollo 16 and served as a member of the astronaut support crew for the Skylab 2, 3, and 4 missions. His first space flight was STS-4, when he piloted the final orbital test flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia. Hartsfield’s next flight was as spacecraft commander of STS-41-DT, this was the maiden flight of the orbiter Discovery. On his third flight, Hartsfield was spacecraft commander of Challenger on STS-61-A, the West German D-1 Spacelab. STS-61-A was the final successful flight of Challenger.
More information
Object number
2016-20
Location
Artefact Store
Has this object been into space?
No
Dimension - Dimension, Value, Measurement unit
Width: 20.4cm
Length: 25.5cm
Material
Paper
Associated Person
Henry W. Hartsfield
Object Production Date
1980
Object Production Organisation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
On Display Status
Not on display
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