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Casserino, Frank James

Person · USA

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American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1985.

Bachelor of science in astronautical engineering from USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, 1977. Master of Science in Business Administration, University of Santa Clara, 1980. From January 2003, Brigadier General and mobilization assistant to the commander, 20th Air Force, Air Force Space Command, Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming.

More at: Casserino.

Family: Astronaut
Country: USA
Flights: STS-41-H, STS-61-N
Agency: USAF
Bibliography: 4452

Chronology

4 events

1955 July 21

Birth of Frank James Casserino - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Casserino. American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1985..

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, Keith.
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.

1984 September

STS-41-H (cancelled) - . Crew: Allen, Casserino, Fisher, Gardner, Hauck, Payton, Walker, Dave. Backup Crew: Joseph. Payload: DoD or TDRS Mission. Nation: USA. Program: STS. Flight: STS-41-H. Planned Department of Defense or TDRS deployment shuttle mission. Cancelled due to IUS failure..

1986 September

STS-61-N (cancelled) - . Crew: Adamson, Brown, Mark, Casserino, Leestma, McCulley, Shaw. Backup Crew: Joseph. Payload: DoD Mission. Nation: USA. Program: STS. Flight: STS-61-N. Spacecraft Bus: Shuttle. Spacecraft: Discovery. Planned Department of Defense shuttle mission. Cancelled after Challenger disaster. .