Jeffrey HoffmanStatus: Retired 11/2/1944 – Nationality: American Type: Government First Flight: 4/12/1985 Last Flight: 2/22/1996Jeffrey Alan Hoffman is an American former NASA astronaut and currently a professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT. Hoffman made five flights as a space shuttle astronaut, including the first mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope in 1993, when the orbiting telescope’s flawed optical system was corrected.LaunchesSpace Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-DSpace Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-35Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-46Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-61Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-75National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationType: Government Abbreviation: NASA Administration: Administrator: Jim Bridenstine Founded: 1958 Launchers: Space Shuttle | SLS Spacecraft: Orion Country: USAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.