Byron Kurt Lichtenberg | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Engineer |
Space career | |
MIT Payload Specialist | |
Rank | Lieutenant colonel, USAF |
Time in space | 19d 05h 56m |
Missions | STS-9, STS-45 |
Mission insignia |
Byron Kurt Lichtenberg, Sc. D. (born February 19, 1948) 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.