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Nelson</th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nelson-p.jpg" class="image"><img alt="Nelson-p.jpg" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150209123003im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Nelson-p.jpg/220px-Nelson-p.jpg" width="220" height="278" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150209123003im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Nelson-p.jpg/330px-Nelson-p.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150209123003im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Nelson-p.jpg/440px-Nelson-p.jpg 2x" data-file-width="475" data-file-height="600"/></a></td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="role" style="text-align:center"><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut" title="Astronaut">Astronaut</a></th> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;padding-right:0.65em;">Nationality</th> <td><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;padding-right:0.65em;">Status</th> <td class="category">Retired</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th> <td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1950-07-13</span>)</span> July 13, 1950 <span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow">(age 64)</span><br/> <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_City,_Iowa" title="Charles City, Iowa">Charles City, Iowa</a>, U.S.</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;padding-right:0.65em;"> <div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;">Other names</div> </th> <td class="nickname">George Driver Nelson</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;padding-right:0.65em;"> <div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;">Other occupation</div> </th> <td class="role"><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_education" title="Science education">Science educator</a>, <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physicist" title="Physicist">physicist</a>, <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomer" title="Astronomer">astronomer</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;padding-right:0.65em;"> <div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;"><i><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater"><span class="wrap">Alma mater</span></a></i></div> </th> <td><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Mudd_College" title="Harvey Mudd College">Harvey Mudd College</a>, B.S. 1972<br/> <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Washington" title="University of Washington">UW</a>, M.S. 1974, Ph.D. 1978</td> </tr> <tr class="note"> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;padding-right:0.65em;"> <div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;">Time in space</div> </th> <td>17d 02h 43m</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;padding-right:0.65em;">Selection</th> <td><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_astronauts_by_selection#1978" title="List of astronauts by selection" class="mw-redirect">1978 NASA Group 8</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;padding-right:0.65em;">Missions</th> <td><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-41-C" title="STS-41-C">STS-41-C</a>, <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-61-C" title="STS-61-C">STS-61-C</a>, <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-26" title="STS-26">STS-26</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left;padding-right:0.65em;"> <div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.2em;">Mission insignia</div> </th> <td><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:STS-41-C_patch.png" class="image"><img alt="STS-41-C patch.png" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150209123003im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/STS-41-C_patch.png/30px-STS-41-C_patch.png" width="30" height="31" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150209123003im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/STS-41-C_patch.png/45px-STS-41-C_patch.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150209123003im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/STS-41-C_patch.png/60px-STS-41-C_patch.png 2x" data-file-width="2333" data-file-height="2397"/></a><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:STS-61-c-patch.png" class="image"><img alt="STS-61-c-patch.png" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150209123003im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/STS-61-c-patch.png/30px-STS-61-c-patch.png" width="30" height="31" 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scope="row" style="text-align:left;padding-right:0.65em;">Retirement</th> <td>June 30, 1989</td> </tr> </table> <p><b>George Driver "Pinky" Nelson</b>, <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">Ph.D.</a> (born July 13, 1950) is an <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a> <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physicist" title="Physicist">physicist</a>, <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomer" title="Astronomer">astronomer</a>, <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_education" title="Science education">science educator</a>, and a former <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut" title="Astronaut">astronaut</a>.</p> <p></p> <div id="toc" class="toc"> <div id="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Biography"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Biography</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Early_life_and_education"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Early life and education</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Research"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Research</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#NASA_career"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">NASA career</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-5"><a href="#STS-41-C_Challenger"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">STS-41-C Challenger</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#STS-61-C_Columbia"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.2</span> <span class="toctext">STS-61-C Columbia</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="#STS-26_Discovery"><span class="tocnumber">1.3.3</span> <span class="toctext">STS-26 Discovery</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Post-NASA"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Post-NASA</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Special_honors"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">Special honors</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <p></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Biography">Biography</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Nelson_(astronaut)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Nelson_(astronaut)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life and education">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Nelson was born on July 13, 1950, in <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_City,_Iowa" title="Charles City, Iowa">Charles City, Iowa</a>, but considers <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willmar,_Minnesota" title="Willmar, Minnesota">Willmar, Minnesota</a>, to be his hometown. Pinky enjoys playing <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf" title="Golf">golf</a>, <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_(process)" title="Reading (process)">reading</a>, <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_swimming" title="Human swimming">swimming</a>, <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running" title="Running">running</a> and <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music" title="Music">music</a>. He graduated from Willmar Senior High School, Willmar, Minnesota, in 1968. He received a <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">Bachelor of Science</a> degree in <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics" title="Physics">Physics</a> from <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Mudd_College" title="Harvey Mudd College">Harvey Mudd College</a> in 1972, and a <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Science" title="Master of Science">Master of Science</a> degree, and a <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">Doctor of Philosophy</a> degree in <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy" title="Astronomy">Astronomy</a> from the <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Washington" title="University of Washington">University of Washington</a> in 1974 and 1978, respectively.</p> <p>His wife Susie is from <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra,_California" title="Alhambra, California">Alhambra, California</a>. They have two daughters, Aimee Tess (born April 25, 1972) and Marti Ann (born February 27, 1975).</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Research">Research</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Nelson_(astronaut)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Research">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Dr. Nelson performed astronomical research at the <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento</a> Peak Solar Observatory, <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunspot,_New_Mexico" title="Sunspot, New Mexico">Sunspot, New Mexico</a>; the <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Astronomical_Institute_at_Utrecht&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Astronomical Institute at Utrecht (page does not exist)">Astronomical Institute at Utrecht</a> (<a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utrecht_(city)" title="Utrecht (city)" class="mw-redirect">Utrecht</a>, <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>) and the <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_G%C3%B6ttingen" title="University of Göttingen">University of Göttingen</a> Observatory, (<a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6ttingen" title="Göttingen">Göttingen</a>, <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>), and at the <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Institute_for_Laboratory_Astrophysics" title="Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics" class="mw-redirect">Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics</a> (<a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulder,_Colorado" title="Boulder, Colorado">Boulder, Colorado</a>). His current research is in systemic education reform and the preparation of science teachers.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="NASA_career">NASA career</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Nelson_(astronaut)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: NASA career">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>George was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January 1978. He flew as a scientific equipment operator in the <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WB_57-F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WB 57-F (page does not exist)">WB 57-F</a> earth resources aircraft and served as the <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut_Office" title="Astronaut Office" class="mw-redirect">Astronaut Office</a> representative in the Space Shuttle Extravehicular Mobility Unit (space suit) development effort. During <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-1" title="STS-1">STS-1</a> he was the photographer in the prime chase plane. He also served as support crewman and <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_communicator" title="Capsule communicator" class="mw-redirect">CAPCOM</a> for the last two OFT flights, <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-3" title="STS-3">STS-3</a> and <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-4" title="STS-4">STS-4</a>, and as head of the Astronaut Office Mission Development Group. A veteran of three space flights, Nelson served aboard <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-41-C" title="STS-41-C">STS-41-C</a> in 1984, <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-61C" title="STS-61C" class="mw-redirect">STS-61C</a> in 1986 and <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-26" title="STS-26">STS-26</a> in 1988. He has logged a total of 411 hours in space, including 10 hours of EVA flight time.</p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="STS-41-C_Challenger">STS-41-C Challenger</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Nelson_(astronaut)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: STS-41-C Challenger">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-41-C" title="STS-41-C">STS-41-C</a></div> <p>This was a seven-day (April 6–13, 1984) mission during which the crew successfully deployed the <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Duration_Exposure_Facility" title="Long Duration Exposure Facility">Long Duration Exposure Facility</a> (LDEF), retrieved the ailing <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Maximum" title="Solar Maximum" class="mw-redirect">Solar Maximum</a> satellite, repaired it on board the Orbiter, and replaced it in orbit. The mission also included flight testing of Manned Maneuvering Units (MMUs) in two extravehicular activities (EVAs), and operation of the Cinema 360 and <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAX" title="IMAX">IMAX</a> Camera Systems.</p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="STS-61-C_Columbia">STS-61-C Columbia</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Nelson_(astronaut)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: STS-61-C Columbia">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-61-C" title="STS-61-C">STS-61-C</a></div> <p>This mission, from January 12–18, 1986, launched from the <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a> and returned to a night landing at <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. During the six-day flight, the crew deployed the <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_satellite" title="Communications satellite">SATCOM</a> KU satellite and conducted experiments in <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophysics" title="Astrophysics">astrophysics</a> and materials processing.</p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="STS-26_Discovery">STS-26 Discovery</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Nelson_(astronaut)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: STS-26 Discovery">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <div class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main article: <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-26" title="STS-26">STS-26</a></div> <p>This mission (September 29–October 3, 1988) was the first flown after the <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger" title="Space Shuttle Challenger">Challenger</a> accident. During the four-day flight, the crew successfully deployed the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-C) and operated eleven mid-deck science experiments.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Post-NASA">Post-NASA</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Nelson_(astronaut)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Post-NASA">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Nelson left NASA in 1989, became an assistant <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provost_(education)" title="Provost (education)">provost</a> at the University of Washington,<sup id="cite_ref-provost_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-provost-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> and now directs the Science, Mathematics and Technology Education program at <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Washington_University" title="Western Washington University">Western Washington University</a> in <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellingham,_Washington" title="Bellingham, Washington">Bellingham</a>. He is also the principal investigator of the North Cascades and Olympic Science Partnership, a mathematics and science partnership grant from the National Science foundation.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Special_honors">Special honors</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Nelson_(astronaut)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Special honors">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal, NASA Exceptional Service Medal, 3 NASA Space Flight Medals, <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIAA" title="AIAA" class="mw-redirect">AIAA</a> Haley Space Flight Award, Federation Aeronautique Internationale's V. M. Komarov Diploma, Western Washington University Faculty Outstanding Service Award. In 2009, Nelson was inducted into the <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut_Hall_of_Fame" title="Astronaut Hall of Fame" class="mw-redirect">United States Astronaut Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AHOFlist_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AHOFlist-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Nelson_(astronaut)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="reflist" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-provost-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-provost_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Stricherz, Vince. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150209123003/http://depts.washington.edu/uweek/archives/1998.07.JUL_09/_article3.html">UW grads are astronaut candidates.</a>" <i>University Week</i>, 9 July 1998.</span></li> <li id="cite_note-AHOFlist-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AHOFlist_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150209123003/http://www.astronautscholarship.org/ahof.html">U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at KSC Visitor Complex - Astronaut Scholarship Foundation</a>, United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, retrieved 2009-05-04</span></li> </ol> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Nelson_(astronaut)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <table class="metadata plainlinks ambox ambox-style ambox-More_footnotes" role="presentation"> <tr> <td class="mbox-image"> <div style="width:52px"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150209123003im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg/40px-Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg.png" width="40" height="40" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150209123003im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg/60px-Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150209123003im_/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg/80px-Text_document_with_red_question_mark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48"/></div> </td> <td class="mbox-text"><span class="mbox-text-span">This article includes a <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">list of references</a>, but <b>its sources remain unclear</b> because it has <b>insufficient <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Inline_citations" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">inline citations</a></b>. <span class="hide-when-compact">Please help to <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Fact_and_Reference_Check" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check">improve</a> this article by <a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:When_to_cite" title="Wikipedia:When to cite">introducing</a> more precise citations.</span> <small><i>(May 2009)</i></small></span></td> </tr> </table> <ul> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150209123003/http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/nelson-gd.html">NASA biography</a></li> </ul> <table class="navbox" style="border-spacing:0"> <tr> <td style="padding:2px"> <table class="nowraplinks collapsible expanded navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"> <tr> <th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:NASA_Astronaut_Group_8" title="Template:NASA Astronaut Group 8"><span title="View this template" style=";;background:none transparent;border:none;">v</span></a></li> <li class="nv-talk"><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:NASA_Astronaut_Group_8" title="Template talk:NASA Astronaut Group 8"><span title="Discuss this template" style=";;background:none transparent;border:none;">t</span></a></li> <li class="nv-edit"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:NASA_Astronaut_Group_8&action=edit"><span title="Edit this template" style=";;background:none transparent;border:none;">e</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <div style="font-size:110%"><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Astronaut_Group_8" title="NASA Astronaut Group 8">NASA Astronaut Group 8, "TFNG (Thirty-Five New Guys)", 1978</a></div> </th> </tr> <tr style="height:2px"> <td colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group">Pilots</th> <td class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid;width:100%;padding:0px"> <div style="padding:0em 0.25em"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Brandenstein" title="Daniel Brandenstein">Daniel Brandenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Coats" title="Michael Coats">Michael Coats</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150209123003/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O._Covey" title="Richard O. 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