Byron K. Lichtenberg
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 76 |
| Date of birth | February 19,1948 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Jim Thorpe |
| Pennsylvania | |
| United States | |
| Space missions | STS-9, STS-45 |
| First space flight | STS-9 |
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
| United States Air Force | |
| Job | Astronaut |
| Engineer | |
| Fighter pilot | |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Brown University | |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 478040 |
Byron K. Lichtenberg Life story
Byron Kurt Lichtenberg, Sc. D. is an American engineer and fighter pilot who flew aboard two NASA Space Shuttle missions as a Payload Specialist. In 1983, he and Ulf Merbold became the first Payload Specialists to fly on the shuttle.
