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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...
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    STS-81. In 1997 STS-81 replaced Increment astronaut John Blaha with Jerry Linenger, after Blaha's 118-day stay aboard Mir. During this fifth shuttle docking...
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    and the second one involving an exchange of U.S. astronauts. Astronaut John Blaha, who had been on Mir since September 19, 1996, was replaced by astronaut...
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  • Blaha or Bláha (feminine: Bláhová) is a Czech and Slovak surname. Notable people with the surname include: Constantin Blaha (born 1987), Austrian diver...
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  • Ľuboš Blaha (born 7 December 1979) is a Slovak politician, academian, post-Marxist philosopher and political scientist. He is a member of the National...
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    1997. Personnel covered in the book Astronaut Jerry Linenger Astronaut John Blaha Astronaut Michael Foale Cosmonaut Aleksandr Lazutkin Cosmonaut Vasili...
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    nearly ended in disaster". Big Think. Retrieved August 19, 2022. Thomas, John (February 1, 1989). "STS-27R OV-104 Orbiter TPS damage review team, volume...
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    mission. Succeeding her on Mir for an approximately four-month stay was John Blaha, who returned in January 1997 with the STS-81 crew. American astronaut...
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    years; it remained in orbit for fifteen. As a result, NASA astronaut John Blaha reported that, with the exception of Priroda and Spektr, which were added...
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    from the original on September 10, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2006. Drake, John C. (September 17, 2008). "A Senate fixture toppled: Chang-Díaz defeats embattled...
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  • (Vietnam), Thanh Liem Bui (Vietnam) May 29 – NASA Group 9 (USA) Pilots: John Blaha, Charles Bolden, Roy Bridges, Guy Gardner, Ronald Grabe, Bryan O'Connor...
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    738 lb) Payload mass 21,067 kg (46,445 lb) Crew Crew size 5 Members John E. Blaha Michael A. Baker Shannon Lucid G. David Low James C. Adamson Start of...
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    insignia with a single gold star on the blue field. He was replaced by John Blaha. Sonny Carter, a mission specialist on this flight, was killed in a commercial...
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    Skylab 3 Robert Behnken – STS-123, STS-130, SpaceX Demo-2 (Expedition 63) John Blaha – STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79/STS-81 (Mir EO-22) Michael Bloomfield...
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    readaptation to Earth's environment, the orbiter crew made up of Commander John Blaha, Pilot Richard Searfoss and Mission specialist William McArthur oversaw...
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    flight. On board the Orbiter Discovery, Gregory's crew included the pilot, John Blaha, and three mission specialists, Manley (Sonny) Carter, Story Musgrave...
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  • George Blaha (born March 26, 1945) is an American broadcaster. He has been the radio and television play-by-play voice of the Detroit Pistons since the...
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    electronically, while others communicate their voting intentions to a proxy. John Blaha, an astronaut stationed aboard the Mir space station, requested permission...
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  • Berezovoy (1942–2014) — Soyuz T-5/7 Brian Binnie — SpaceShipOne flight 17P John Blaha — STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79/81 Michael J. Bloomfield — STS-86...
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    from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2010. NASA. "NASA-3 John Blaha: Pulling it Together". Archived from the original on 22 May 2010. Retrieved...
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  • beauty". The album featured guitarist John Ridenour and their former Women in Love bandmate, drummer John Blaha, as well as guest appearances from musicians...
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    NASA's Record-Setting Frequent Flyer (Purdue University Press, 2013) with John Norberg. In March 2014, it was announced Spacewalker would be available in...
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    first together with NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid, later with astronauts John Blaha and Jerry Linenger. On 2 March 1997 Soyuz TM-24 carrying Korzun, Kaleri...
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  • Transferred from Mir EO-21 26 September 1996 12:13 UTC STS-79 188.17 John Blaha 16 September 1996 08:54 UTC STS-79 January 22, 1997 14:23 UTC STS-81 128...
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    Astronaut Group 8 ← NASA Astronaut Group 9 → NASA Astronaut Group 10 Pilots John Blaha Charles Bolden Roy Bridges Guy Gardner Ronald Grabe Bryan O'Connor Richard...
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  • walk on the Moon John Blaha – STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79, STS-81 Roy D. Bridges – STS-51-F Mark N. Brown – STS-28, STS-48 John H. Casper – STS-36...
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    S. astronauts with Mir, returning Shannon Lucid to earth and leaving John Blaha. Akers retired from NASA in 1997 and the Air Force in 1999 at the rank...
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    cosmonaut spends day in space". BBC. Retrieved 16 December 2017. "Liftoff of John Glenn's Friendship 7, Feb. 20, 1962". NASA. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 16...
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    Julie Blaha is an American politician and retired educator serving as the 19th state auditor of Minnesota since 2019. She is a member of the Minnesota...
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    Mir and exchanged U.S. astronauts on Mir for the first time – leaving John Blaha and bringing Shannon Lucid home after her record six months stay aboard...
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