Ronald Anthony Parise was an Italian American scientist who flew aboard two NASA Space Shuttle missions as a payload specialist.
STS-35 was the tenth flight of Space Shuttle Columbia, in the 38th shuttle mission. It was devoted to astronomical observations with ASTRO-1, a Spacelab observatory consisting of four telescopes. The
ASTRO-1 in Columbia's payload bay
Back row: Parker, Parise, Hoffman and Durrance Front row: Gardner, Brand and LoungeSpace Shuttle program← STS-38 (37)STS-37 (39) →
Columbia on Pad 39A with Discovery on Pad 39B in the distance.
Columbia finally heads aloft on December 2, 1990.