NASA Astronaut Group 13

NASA Astronaut Group 13 (the Hairballs) was a group of 23 astronauts announced by NASA on 17 January 1990. The group name came from its selection of a black cat as a mascot, to play against the traditional unlucky connotations of the number 13.

Pilots

 * Kenneth Cockrell (born 1950), U.S. Navy (5 flights)


 * STS-56 (Science Mission; Flew as a Mission specialist)
 * STS-69 (2nd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)
 * STS-80 (3rd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)
 * STS-98 (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Destiny Laboratory Module)
 * STS-111 (ISS Resupply Mission; Launched Expedition 5)


 * Eileen Collins (born 1956), U.S. Air Force (4 flights)


 * STS-63 (Shuttle-Mir Mission; became the first female pilot of a U.S. Spacecraft)
 * STS-84 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
 * STS-93 (Deployed Chandra X-Ray Observatory; became the first female commander of a U.S. Spacecraft)
 * STS-114 (Return to Flight)


 * William G. Gregory (born 1957), U.S. Air Force (1 flight)


 * STS-67 (2nd flight of the ASTRO telescope)


 * James D. Halsell (born 1956), U.S. Air Force (5 flights)


 * STS-65 (Science Mission)
 * STS-74 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
 * STS-83 (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems)
 * STS-94 (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83)
 * STS-101 (ISS Supply Mission)


 * Charles J. Precourt (born 1955), U.S. Air Force (4 flights)


 * STS-55 (German Spacelab Mission)
 * STS-71 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
 * STS-84 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
 * STS-91 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)


 * Richard A. Searfoss (1956-2018), U.S. Air Force (3 flights)


 * STS-58 (Science Mission)
 * STS-76 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
 * STS-90 (Science Mission)


 * Terrence W. Wilcutt (born 1949), U.S. Marine Corps (4 flights)


 * STS-68 (Science Mission)
 * STS-79 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
 * STS-89 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
 * STS-106 (ISS Supply Mission)

Mission specialists

 * Daniel W. Bursch (born 1957), U.S. Navy (4 flights)


 * STS-51 (Launched the ACTS satellite)
 * STS-68 (Science Mission)
 * STS-77 (Spartan-207)
 * STS-108 (ISS Resupply Mission)
 * ISS Expedition 4 (6 month mission to the ISS)
 * STS-111 (The mission landed Expedition 4)


 * Leroy Chiao (born 1960), Engineer (4 flights)


 * STS-65 (Science Mission)
 * STS-72 (Returned Japan's Space Flyer Unit)
 * STS-92 (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Z1 Truss Segment and PMA-3)
 * Soyuz TMA-5 (The launch and landing vehicle of Expedition 10)
 * ISS Expedition 10 (6 month mission to the ISS)


 * Michael R. Clifford (1952-2021), U.S. Army (3 flights)


 * STS-53 (Classified DoD Mission)
 * STS-59 (Science Mission)
 * STS-76 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)


 * Nancy J. Currie (born 1958), U.S. Army (4 flights)


 * STS-57 (Science Mission)
 * STS-70 (Launched TDRS 7)
 * STS-88 (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched Unity (Node 1), PMA-1, and PMA-2)
 * STS-109 (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission; Columbia's last successful flight)


 * Bernard A. Harris, Jr. (born 1956), Physician (2 flights)


 * STS-55 (German Spacelab Mission)
 * STS-63 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)


 * Susan J. Helms (born 1958), U.S. Air Force (5 flights)


 * STS-54 (Launched TDRS 6)
 * STS-64 (Science Mission)
 * STS-78 (Science Mission)
 * STS-101 (ISS Supply Mission)
 * STS-102 (The mission launched Expedition 2)
 * ISS Expedition 2 (6 month mission to the ISS)
 * STS-105 (The mission landed Expedition 2)


 * Thomas D. Jones (born 1955), U.S. Air Force (4 flights)


 * STS-59 (Science Mission)
 * STS-68 (Science Mission)
 * STS-80 (3rd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)
 * STS-98 (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Destiny Laboratory Module)


 * William S. McArthur (born 1951), U.S. Army (4 flights)


 * STS-58 (Science Mission)
 * STS-74 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
 * STS-92 (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Z1 Truss Segment and PMA-3)
 * Soyuz TMA-7 (The launch and landing vehicle of Expedition 12)
 * ISS Expedition 12 (6 month mission to the ISS; was the Expedition 12 CDR)


 * James H. Newman (born 1956), Physicist (4 flights)


 * STS-51 (Launched the ACTS satellite)
 * STS-69 (2nd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)
 * STS-88 (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched Unity (Node 1), PMA-1, and PMA-2)
 * STS-109 (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission; Columbia's last successful flight)


 * Ellen Ochoa (born 1958), Engineer (4 flights)


 * STS-56 (Science Mission)
 * STS-66 (Science Mission - ATLAS-03)
 * STS-96 (ISS Supply Mission)
 * STS-110 (Launched the S0 Truss Segment)


 * Ronald M. Sega (born 1952), U.S. Air Force (2 flights)


 * STS-60 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
 * STS-76 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)


 * Donald A. Thomas (born 1955), Engineer (4 flights)


 * STS-65 (Science Mission)
 * STS-70 (Launched TDRS 7)
 * STS-83 (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems)
 * STS-94 (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83)


 * Janice E. Voss (1956-2012), Engineer (5 flights)


 * STS-57 (Science Mission)
 * STS-63 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
 * STS-83 (Intended to be a Science Mission; Mission cut short due to fuel cell problems)
 * STS-94 (Science Mission using experiments intended to be conducted on STS-83)
 * STS-99 (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission)


 * Carl Walz (1955), Physicist (5 flights)


 * STS-51 (Satellite deployment Astronomy)
 * STS-65 (Micro-gravity research)
 * STS-79 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
 * STS-108 (Crew rotation to the International Space Station ISS)
 * ISS Expedition 4 (6 month mission to the ISS)
 * STS-111 (Crew rotation to the International Space Station ISS)


 * Peter Wisoff (1958), Physicist (4 flights)


 * STS-57 (1st flight of Spacehab - Satellite retrieval)
 * STS-68 (Space Radar Lab-2 (SRL-2) )
 * STS-81 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
 * STS-92 (delivered the Z1 truss and Pressurized Mating Adapter 3 to the International Space Station ISS)


 * David Wolf (1956), Medical Doctor, Engineer, Inventor (5 flights)


 * STS-58 (Spacelab Life Sciences 2)
 * STS-86 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
 * STS-89 (Shuttle-Mir Mission)
 * STS-112 (delivered the S1 truss segment to the International Space Station ISS)
 * STS-127 (install the final two components of the Japanese Experiment Module)