Jeffrey A. Hoffman
| Jeffrey Alan Hoffman | |
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Retired |
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November 2, 1944 Brooklyn, New York |
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Other occupation
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Scientist |
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Time in space
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50d 11h 54m |
| Selection | 1978 NASA Group |
| Missions | STS-51-D, STS-35, STS-46, STS-61, STS-75 |
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Mission insignia
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Jeffrey Alan Hoffman, Ph.D. (born November 2, 1944) is an American former NASA astronaut and currently a professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT.
Hoffman made five flights as a space shuttle astronaut, including the first mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope in 1993, when the orbiting telescope's flawed optical system was corrected. Trained as an astrophysicist, he also flew on 1990 Spacelab shuttle mission that featured the ASTRO-1 ultraviolet astronomical observatory in the shuttle's payload bay. Over the course of his five missions he logged more than 1,211 hours and 21.5 million miles in space. He was also the first Jewish male astronaut, and the second Jewish man in space after Boris Volynov.
Hoffman was born November 2, 1944, in Brooklyn, New York, but considers Scarsdale, New York, to be his hometown. He graduated from Scarsdale High School in 1962, received a Bachelor of Arts degree in astronomy (graduated summa cum laude) from Amherst College in 1966, a Masters Degree in materials science from Rice University in 1988. and a Doctor of Philosophy in astrophysics from Harvard University in 1971. Hoffman is an Eagle Scout.
Hoffman is a member of the International Academy of Astronautics, the International Astronomical Union, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the American Astronomical Society, the Spanish Academy of Engineering, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Xi.
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