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CSA-1 astronaut group, 1983

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Requirement: engineer, and scientist astronauts for space shuttle flight billets provided in exchange for Canadian development of the shuttle's remote manipulator arm.

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  • Money Canadian physiologist payload specialist astronaut, 1983-1992.
  • Tryggvason Icelandic-Canadian engineer mission specialist astronaut 1983-2008. CSA; Alternate Payload Specialist to MacLean for STS-52 Mission LAGEOS-2 and Test of the Canadian Space Vision System.
  • Bondar Canadian physician payload specialist astronaut 1983-1992. Neurologist. First Canadian female astronaut. IML-1 payload specialist.
  • Garneau Canadian engineer mission specialist astronaut 1983-2001. First Canadian astronaut.
  • Thirsk Canadian physician mission specialist astronaut 1983-2012.
  • MacLean Canadian physicist mission specialist astronaut 1983-2008. Selected Aug 1996; he had been Payload Specialist on STS-52 Mission LAGEOS-2 (responsible for the Space Visions System).
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