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Higbee

Higbee
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Higbee, Terry Alan (1949-) American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1985.

Birth Place: Cedar City, Utah.
Status: Inactive.

Born: 1949.12.03.

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DoD Group 1 - 1979 Requirement: shuttle manned spaceflight engineers to operate military payloads. More...

Military Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut Astronauts trained for military spaceflight but not to pilot spacecraft. More...

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USAF American agency overseeing development of rockets and spacecraft. United States Air Force, USA. More...

Higbee Chronology

1979 August 1 - .

DoD Astronaut Training Group 1 selected. - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Casserino; Detroye; Hamel; Higbee; Joseph; Lydon; Payton; Rij; Sefchek; Sundberg; Vidrine; Watterson; Wright. The group was selected to provide shuttle manned spaceflight engineers to operate military payloads.. Qualifications: USAF, Navy, or Army officers with bachelor's degree in science or engineering; four years experience in flying or space-related activities. Vision minimum 20/150 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20. Maximum sitting blood pressure of 140/90. Height between 150 and 193 cm.. 13 were selected from 222 candidates. The existence of the group was secret until 1985.