Byron K. Lichtenberg

Byron K. Lichtenberg is an astronaut from United States of America affiliated with the government agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration, embarked on 2 space flights and engaging in 0 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.

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.

• Date of Birth: 02/19/1948
• Status: Retired
• First Flight: 11/28/1983
• Last Flight: 03/24/1992
• In Space: No

Launches

• Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-9
• Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-45