List of Space Shuttle Backup Crew Members

Approach and Landing Tests 1985 - 1986 1991 - 1992 1995 - 1996 1999 - 2011
1981 - 1984 1988 - 1990 1993 - 1994 1997 - 1998 Backups

Backup Crews for the First Three Space Shuttle Flights
Flight Flight Crew Prime Crew Backup Crew
STS-1* CDR John Young CDR John Young CDR Joseph Engle
PLT Robert Crippen PLT Robert Crippen PLT Richard Truly
STS-2* CDR Joseph Engle CDR Joseph Engle CDR Thomas Mattingly
PLT Richard Truly PLT Richard Truly PLT Henry Hartsfield
STS-3* CDR Jack Lousma CDR Jack Lousma CDR Thomas Mattingly
PLT Gordon Fullerton PLT Gordon Fullerton PLT Henry Hartsfield
Shuttle Backup Payload Specialists and Backup Mission Specialists
Flight Payload Specialist Flown Prime Payload Specialist Backup Payload Specialist
STS-9 (SL-1) PS Byron Lichtenberg PS Byron Lichtenberg PS Michael Lampton
PS Ulf Merbold PS Ulf Merbold PS Wubbo Ockels
STS-41D PS Charles Walker PS Charles Walker -
STS-41G PS Paul Scully-Power PS Robert Stevenson** PS Paul Scully-Power
PS Marc Garneau PS Marc Garneau PS Robert Thirsk
STS-51C PS Gary Payton PS Gary Payton PS Keith Wright
STS-51D PS Senator E.J. "Jake" Garn PS Senator E.J. "Jake" Garn -
PS Charles Walker PS Charles Walker PS Robert Wood
STS-51B (SL-3) PS Taylor Wang PS Taylor Wang PS Eugene Trinh
PS Lodewijk van den Berg PS Lodewijk van den Berg PS Mary Johnston
STS-51G PS Patrick Baudry PS Patrick Baudry PS Jean-Loup Chrétien
PS Sultan Salman Al-Saud PS Sultan Salman Al-Saud PS Abdulmohsen Al-Bassam
STS-51F (SL-2) PS Loren Acton PS Loren Acton PS Dianne Prinz
PS John-David Bartoe PS John-David Bartoe PS George Simon
STS-51J PS William Pailes PS William Pailes PS Michael Booen
STS-61A (SL-D1) PS Reinhard Furrer PS Reinhard Furrer PS Ulf Merbold
PS Ernst Messerschmid PS Ernst Messerschmid PS Claude Nicollier
PS Wubbo Ockels PS Wubbo Ockels -
STS-61B PS Charles Walker PS Charles Walker PS Robert Wood
PS Rodolfo Neri-Vela PS Rodolfo Neri-Vela PS Ricardo Peralta-y-Fabi
STS-61C PS Congressman Bill Nelson PS Congressman Bill Nelson -
PS Robert Cenker PS Robert Cenker PS Gerard Magilton
STS-51L PS Gregory Jarvis PS Gregory Jarvis PS Louis William Butterworth
PS Sharon Christa McAuliffe PS Sharon Christa McAuliffe PS Barbara Morgan
STS-35 (ASTRO-1) PS Ronald Parise PS Ronald Parise PS Kenneth Nordsieck
PS Samuel Durrance PS Samuel Durrance
STS-40 (SLS-1) PS Andrew Gaffney PS Andrew Gaffney PS Bill Williams
PS Millie Hughes-Fulford PS Robert Philips*** PS Millie Hughes-Fulford
STS-44 PS Thomas Hennen PS Thomas Hennen PS Michael Belt
STS-42 (IML-1) PS Roberta Bondar PS Roberta Bondar PS Kenneth Money
PS Ulf Merbold PS Ulf Merbold PS Roger Crouch
STS-45 (ATLAS-1) PS Dirk Frimout PS Lampton, Michael*** PS Dirk Frimout
PS Byron Lichtenberg PS Byron Lichtenberg PS Charles Chappell
STS-50 (USML-1) PS Lawrence DeLucas PS Lawrence DeLucas PS Joseph Prahl
PS Eugene Trinh PS Eugene Trinh PS Albert Sacco
STS-46 PS Franco Malerba PS Franco Malerba PS Umberto Guidoni
STS-47 (SL-J) MS Mae Jemison MS Mae Jemison PS Stanley Koszelak
PS Mamoru Mohri PS Mamoru Mohri 1. PS Chiaki Mukai
2. PS Takao Doi
STS-52 PS Steve MacLean PS Steve MacLean PS Bjarni Tryggvason
STS-55 (SL-D2) PS Ulrich Walter PS Ulrich Walter PS Gerhard Thiele
PS Hans Schlegel PS Hans Schlegel PS Renate Brümmer
STS-58 (SLS-2) PS Martin Fettman PS Martin Fettman 1. PS Jay Buckey
2. PS Lawrence Young
3. PSC Ford Collins
STS-60 MS Sergei Krikalyov MS Sergei Krikalyov MS Vladimir Titov
STS-65 (IML-2) PS Chiaki Mukai PS Chiaki Mukai PS Jean-Jacques Favier
STS-63 MS Vladimir Titov MS Vladimir Titov MS Sergei Krikalyov
STS-67 (ASTRO-2) PS Samuel Durrance PS Samuel Durrance PS Scott Vangen
PS Ronald Parise PS Ronald Parise
STS-73 (USML-2) PS Fred Leslie PS Fred Leslie PS Ray Glynn Holt
PS Albert Sacco PS Albert Sacco PS David Matthiesen
STS-74 MS Chris Hadfield MS Chris Hadfield MS Marc Garneau
STS-75 PS Umberto Guidoni PS Umberto Guidoni -
STS-78 (LMS-1) PS Jean-Jacques Favier PS Jean-Jacques Favier PS Pedro Duque
PS Robert Thirsk PS Robert Thirsk PS Luca Urbani
STS-83 (MSL-1) PS Roger Crouch PS Roger Crouch PS Paul Ronney
PS Gregory Linteris PS Gregory Linteris
STS-94 (MSL-1R) PS Roger Crouch PS Roger Crouch PS Paul Ronney
PS Gregory Linteris PS Gregory Linteris
STS-85 PS Bjarni Tryggvason PS Bjarni Tryggvason -
STS-87 PS Leonid Kadenyuk PS Leonid Kadenyuk PS Yaroslav Pustovyi
STS-90 (Neurolab) PS Jay Buckey PS Jay Buckey PS Chiaki Mukai
PS James Pawelczyk PS James Pawelczyk PS Alexander Dunlap
STS-95 PS Chiaki Mukai PS Chiaki Mukai PS Koichi Wakata
PS Senator John Glenn PS Senator John Glenn -
STS-107 PS Ilan Ramon PS Ilan Ramon PS Itzhak Mayo****
STS-123 MS Takao Doi MS Takao Doi MS Naoko Yamazaki
STS-134 CDR Mark Kelly CDR Mark Kelly CDR Frederick "Rick" Sturckow

Note: * NASA stopped naming backup crews after the third Space Shuttle Flight.
** Replaced by Backup Payload Specialist for private reasons
*** Replaced by Backup Payload Specialist for medical reasons
**** Removed from Backup training before flight PSC -> Payload Specialist Candidate
MS -> Mission Specialist PS -> Payload Specialist
CDR -> Commander PLT -> Pilot

Approach and Landing Tests 1985 - 1986 1991 - 1992 1995 - 1996 1999 - 2011
1981 - 1984 1988 - 1990 1993 - 1994 1997 - 1998 Backups

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Updated - February 9, 2012