NASA Astronaut Group 11 was a group of 13 NASA astronauts announced on 4 June 1985. Group members Pilots Michael A. Baker (born 1953), U.S. Navy (4 flights) STS-43 Atlantis — August 1991 — Pilot — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite deployment STS-52 Columbia — October/November 1992 — Pilot — LAGEOS-II deployment and operation of the U.S. Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1) STS-68 Endeavour — September/October 1994 — Commander — Radar imaging STS-81 Atlantis — January 1997 — Commander — fifth Shuttle-Mir mission Robert D. Cabana (born 1949), U.S. Marine Corps (4 flights) - Currently NASA Associate Administrator STS-41 Discovery — October 1990 — Pilot — Ulysses probe deployment STS-53 Discovery — December 1992 — Pilot — classified United States Department of Defense payload STS-65 Columbia — July 1994 — Commander — second International Microgravity Laboratory mission STS-88 Endeavour — December 1998 — Commander — first Space Shuttle mission to the ISS Brian Duffy (born 1953), U.S. Air Force (4 flights) STS-45 Atlantis — March/April 1992 — Pilot — Spacelab mission STS-57 Endeavour — June/July 1993 — Pilot — SPACEHAB mission STS-72 Endeavour — January 1996 — Commander — capture and return of Space Flyer Unit (SFU) STS-92 Discovery — October 2000 — Commander — ISS assembly flight and 100th mission of the Space Shuttle Terence T. Henricks (born 1952), U.S. Air Force (4 flights) STS-44 Atlantis — November/December 1991 — Pilot — Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite deployment STS-55 Columbia — April/May 1993 — Pilot — Spacelab mission STS-70 Discovery — July 1995 — Commander — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) deployment STS-78 Columbia — June/July 1996 — Commander — Spacelab mission Stephen S. Oswald (born 1951), U.S. Navy (3 flights) STS-42 Discovery — January 1992 — Pilot — Spacelab mission STS-56 Discovery — April 1993 — Pilot — Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2) operation STS-67 Endeavour — March 1995 — Commander — Spacelab mission Stephen Thorne (1953–1986), U.S. Navy Died in an airplane accident before he could finish astronaut training. Mission specialists Jerome Apt (born 1949), Physicist (4 flights) STS-37 Atlantis — April 1991 — Mission Specialist — Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) deployment STS-47 Endeavour — September 1992 — Mission Specialist — Spacelab mission STS-59 Endeavour — April 1994 — Mission Specialist — Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) operation STS-79 Atlantis — September 1996 — Mission Specialist — first shuttle mission to a fully completed Mir space