Byron K. Lichtenberg

Byron Kurt Lichtenberg
Born (1948-02-19) February 19, 1948 (age 76)
OccupationEngineer
Space career
MIT Payload Specialist
RankLieutenant colonel, USAF
Time in space
19d 05h 56m
MissionsSTS-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.