Karol J. Bobko
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Karol Joseph "Bo" Bobko was an American aerospace engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and a USAF and NASA astronaut. Bobko was the first graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy to travel in s
Bobko in 1979
Bobko with fellow astronaut Paul J. Weitz (left) during training for STS-6
Bobko with U.S. Senator Jake Garn (left) during the STS-51-D mission
STS-6
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STS-6 was the sixth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 4, 1983, the mission deployed the first Tracking and D
Karol J. Bobko
…graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy to travel in space and the first person to fly on three different space shuttles across three different missions: STS-6, STS-51-D, STS-51-J. Bobko was born on December 23, 1937, in Manhattan, New York, to a family with Polish and Lithuanian roots. He grew up in Cambria…
Maiden launch of Challenger, April 4, 1983
From left: Peterson, Weitz, Musgrave and BobkoSpace Shuttle program← STS-5STS-7 →
TDRS-A is deployed.
Musgrave during the EVA