Portrait of Andrew Allen
NASA
Andrew Allen
Andrew Allen is an American astronaut who was born on August 4, 1955 in
Pennsylvania. Before he became an astronauts, Allen was a Navy and Marines
pilot. He has flown over 4500 hours on more than 30 different aircraft.
Allen became an astronaut for NASA in 1988. He has flown on three space
flights and has logged over 900 hours in space.
In 1992, Allen flew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis on an 8-day mission.
During this mission, a space platform was deployed, and the Tethered
Satellite System was demonstrated. The tethered satellite system is like a big
ball attached to a string. The ball collects power from energetic solar
particles and transmits that power down the string and into the space shuttle.
In 1994, Allen spent 14 days in space during the STS-62 mission. This mission
studied several Earth-related engineering applications.
In 1996, Allen was part of the crew that retested the Tether Satellite
Satellite during a 15-day mission.
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