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MSE-1 astronaut group, 1979

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Requirement: shuttle manned spaceflight engineers to operate military payloads.

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Vidrine American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1985.
Sundberg American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1985. Later stationed at Pentagon. Retired from USAF in August 1997. Later with NRO.
Lydon American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1986.
Sefchek American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1985.
Wright, Keith American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1985. Director, Satellite Control Facility in Sunnyvale. Later with Sparta Corporation, El Segundo, California.
Payton American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut 1979-1985.
Watterson American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1986.
Higbee American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1985.
Joseph American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1985.
Rij American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1985. Served at Onizuka AFB, California. Retired from the Air Force in 1995. Thereafter worked in private industry in Virginia.
Hamel American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1985.
Detroye American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1985. Bachelor of science in astronautical engineering from USAF Academy, 1977. From 1986 worked as a Shuttle Flight Controller.
Casserino American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1985.