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Personal: Male, Single. Born in New York City, New York, USA. PhD Bachelor of Science in Astronomy from the California Institute of Technology, 1967. Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, San Diego, 1972. Project Assistant, Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1973-1974. Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1974-1980. Associate Professor, Department of Astronomy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1980-1986. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Payload Specialist. Inactive Entered space service: 20 June 1984. Left space service: 11 December 1990. Payload Specialist, NASA/University of Wisconsin-Madison, July 1984 - December 1990. Professor, Washburn Observatory, University of Wisconsin-Madison, from 1986. Director, Space Astronomy Lab, University of Wisconsin-Madison, from 1996.
Nordsieck Chronology 1986 March - STS-61-E (cancelled). Planned Astro-1 shuttle mission. Cancelled after Challenger disaster. 1987 January - STS-71-A (cancelled). Planned Astro-2 shuttle mission. Cancelled after Challenger disaster. 1987 August - STS-71-M (cancelled). Planned Astro-3 shuttle mission. Cancelled after Challenger disaster. Bibliography:
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