Jon McBride
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Jon Andrew McBride was an American naval officer, test pilot, astronaut and administrator for NASA.
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McBride (bottom left) with the crew of the STS-41-G mission
McBride (sitting in the middle), as commander of never flown STS-61-E spaceflight
STS-61-E
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STS-61-E was a NASA Space Shuttle mission planned to launch on 6 March 1986 using Columbia. It was canceled after the Challenger disaster.
Jon McBride
…the rank of captain when he retired in 1989. McBride was an astronaut with NASA, a role in which he piloted STS-41-G, and would have been commander of STS-61-E had the mission not been canceled as the next scheduled launch in the wake of the Challenger disaster. Jon McBride was born on August 14, 1943—the…
Space Shuttle Columbia lands following STS 62 on 18 March 1994.