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Steven Hawley

Steven A. Hawley
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NASA Astronaut
Nationality American
Status Retired
Born Steven Alan Hawley
(1951-12-12) December 12, 1951 (age 65)
Ottawa, Kansas, U.S.
Other occupation
Director of Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science, Johnson Space Center
University of Kansas, B.S. 1973
UCSC, Ph.D. 1977
Time in space
32d 02h 42m
Selection 1978 NASA Group 8
Missions STS-41-D, STS-61-C, STS-31, STS-82, STS-93
Mission insignia

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Spouse(s) Sally Ride (m. 1982–1987; divorced)

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Steven Alan Hawley (born December 12, 1951) is a former NASA astronaut who flew on five U.S. Space Shuttle flights. He is professor of physics and astronomy and director of engineering physics at the University of Kansas.

Hawley was born December 12, 1951, in Ottawa, Kansas, to Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Hawley. One of Hawley's brothers, John F. Hawley, is a theoretical astrophysicist at the University of Virginia.

Hawley graduated from Salina High School Central, Salina, Kansas, in 1969; he regards Salina as his home town. Hawley attended the University of Kansas, graduating with highest distinction in 1973 with Bachelor of Science degrees in Physics and in Astronomy. He spent three summers employed as a research assistant: 1972 at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., and 1973 and 1974 at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia. He attended graduate school at Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz, graduating in 1977 with a Doctorate in Astronomy and Astrophysics.


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