Steven A. Hawley | |
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NASA Astronaut | |
Nationality | American |
Status | Retired |
Born | Steven Alan Hawley December 12, 1951 Ottawa, Kansas, U.S. |
Other occupation
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Director of Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science, Johnson Space Center |
University of Kansas, B.S. 1973 UCSC, Ph.D. 1977 |
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Time in space
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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) |
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.