"Payload specialists" refers to individuals who have been designated by commercial or international partners to serve as a crew member in association with a specific payload and/or to accomplish an agreed-upon mission objective. Individuals selected for crew assignment under the Space Flight Participant Program or similar program, are also included in the crew assignment designation of payload specialist.
On-Line detailed biographies were started with Payload Specialist Astronauts on active duty in 1995.
ACTON, Loren W.
AL-SAUD, Sultan Salman Abdulaziz
BARTOE, John-David F.
BAUDRY, Patrick
BONDAR, Roberta Lynn
BUCKEY, Jay Clark
CENKER, Robert J.
CROUCH, Roger K.
DELUCAS, Lawrence J.
DURRANCE, Samuel T.
FAVIER, Jean-Jacques
FETTMAN, Martin J.
FRIMOUT, Dirk
FURRER, Reinhard
GAFFNEY, F. Drew
GARN, Jake
HENNEN, Thomas J.
HUGHES-FULFORD, Millie
JARVIS, Gregory
KADENYUK, Leonid K.
LESLIE, Fred W.
LICHTENBERG, Byron K.
LINTERIS, Gregory T.
MALERBA, Franco
MERBOLD, Ulf
MESSERSCHMID, Ernst
MUKAI, Chiaki
NELSON, C. W.
NERI VELA, Rudolpho
OCKELS, Wubbo J.
PAILES, William A.
PARISE, Ronald A.
PAWELCZYK, James A.
PAYTON, Gary E.
RAMON, Ilan
SACCO, Jr., Albert
SCULLY-POWER, Paul D.
TRINH, Eugene H.
VAN DEN BERG, Lodewijk
WALKER, Charles D.
WALTER, Ulrich
WANG,Taylor
Flight opportunities for Space Flight Participants are not available at this time
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