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NASA's Astronaut Group 12 (the GAFFers) was announced by NASA on 5 June 1987.

Pilots

 * Andrew M. Allen (3 flights; retired)


 * Pilot, STS-46 (first flight of the Tethered Satellite System)
 * Pilot, STS-62 (Science Mission)
 * Commander, STS-75 (second flight of the Tethered Satellite System)


 * Kenneth D. Bowersox (5 flights; retired)


 * Pilot, STS-50 (science mission)
 * Pilot, STS-61 (Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1)
 * Commander, STS-73 (science mission)
 * Commander, STS-82 (Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 2)
 * Mission Specialist 3, STS-113 (launched the P1 Truss Segment and Expedition 6; last flight before the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster)
 * Commander, ISS Expedition 6 (6 month mission to the ISS)
 * Flight Engineer, Soyuz TMA-1 (ISS Expedition 6 landing spacecraft)


 * Curtis L. Brown, Jr. (6 flights; retired)


 * Pilot, STS-47 (science mission)
 * Pilot, STS-66 (science mission)
 * Pilot, STS-77 (SPACEHAB science mission)
 * Commander, STS-85 (science mission)
 * Commander, STS-95 (science mission; John Glenn’s return to space)
 * Commander, STS-103 (Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 3A)


 * Kevin P. Chilton (3 flights; retired)


 * Pilot, STS-49 (Intelsat 603 retrieval and repair mission, maiden flight of Endeavour)
 * Pilot, STS-59 (Mission to Planet Earth mission)
 * Commander, STS-76 (Shuttle-Mir mission)


 * Donald R. McMonagle (3 flights; retired)


 * Mission Specialist 4, STS-39 (partially classified DoD mission)
 * Pilot, STS-54 (deployed TDRS-F; spacewalk tests)
 * Commander, STS-66 (science mission)


 * William F. Readdy (3 flights; retired)


 * Mission Specialist 3, STS-42 (Spacelab science mission)
 * Pilot, STS-51 (Advanced Communications Technology Satellite deployment; spacewalk tests for Hubble servicing missions)
 * Commander, STS-79 (Shuttle-Mir mission)

Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr. (2 flights; retired)


 * Pilot, STS-48 (satellite deployment mission; deployed UARS and others)
 * Pilot, STS-60 (first Shuttle-Mir mission; flew with a SPACEHAB science module)

Mission specialists

 * Thomas D. Akers (4 flights; retired)


 * Mission Specialist 3. STS-41 (deployed the ESA-built Ulysses probe)
 * Mission Specialist 4, STS-49 (Intelsat 603 retrieval and repair mission, maiden flight of Endeavour)
 * Mission Specialist 5, STS-61 (Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 1)
 * Mission Specialist 1, STS-79 (Shuttle-Mir mission)


 * N. Jan Davis (3 flights; retired)


 * Mission Specialist 2, STS-47 (Spacelab-J mission — joint mission between NASA and the National Space Development Agency of Japan)
 * Mission Specialist 1, STS-60 (first Shuttle-Mir mission; flew with a SPACEHAB science module)
 * Payload Commander, STS-85 (science mission)


 * C. Michael Foale (6 flights; active)


 * Mission Specialist 3, STS-45 (Spacelab/ATLAS-1 science mission)
 * Mission Specialist 1, STS-56 (Spacelab/ATLAS-2 science mission)
 * Mission Specialist 1, STS-63 (Shuttle-Mir mission)
 * Mission Specialist 5, STS-84 (Shuttle-Mir mission; launches M. Foale to Mir)
 * Flight Engineer 2, Mir EO-23/24 (Long-duration flight aboard Mir)
 * Mission Specialist 5, STS-86 (Shuttle-Mir mission; lands M. Foale from Mir)
 * Mission Specialist 4, STS-103 (Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 3A)
 * Flight Engineer 1, Soyuz TMA-3 (ISS Expedition 8 launch and landing spacecraft)
 * Commander, ISS Expedition 8 (6 month mission to the ISS)


 * Gregory J. Harbaugh (4 flights; retired)


 * Mission Specialist 2, STS-39 (partially classified DoD mission)
 * Mission Specialist 2, STS-54 (deployed TDRS-F; spacewalk tests)
 * Mission Specialist 1, STS-71 (Shuttle-Mir mission; first mission to dock with Mir)
 * Mission Specialist 3, STS-82 (Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission 2)


 * Mae C. Jemison (1 flight; retired)


 * Mission Specialist 4, STS-47 (science mission)


 * Bruce E. Melnick (2 flights; retired)


 * Mission Specialist 2, STS-41 (deployed the ESA-built Ulysses probe)
 * Mission Specialist 5, STS-49 (Intelsat 603 retrieval and repair mission, maiden flight of Endeavour)


 * Mario Runco, Jr. (3 flights; active)


 * Mission Specialist 2, STS-44 (unclassified DoD mission)
 * Mission Specialist 1, STS-54 (deployed TDRS-F; spacewalk tests)
 * Mission Specialist 3, STS-77 (science mission with a SPACEHAB module)


 * James S. Voss (5 flights; retired)


 * Mission Specialist 3, STS-44 (unclassified DoD mission)
 * Mission Specialist 2, STS-53 (classified DoD mission)
 * Mission Specialist 1, STS-69 (2nd flight of the Wake Shield Facility)
 * Mission Specialist 3, STS-101 (ISS Supply Mission)
 * Mission Specialist 4, STS-102 (ISS Resupply Mission; Delivered Expedition 2 crew)
 * Flight Engineer 2, ISS Expedition 2 (6 month mission to the ISS)
 * Mission Specialist 4, STS-105 (ISS Resupply Mission; Returned Expedition 2 crew)

Further information
The group's informal nickname is an acronym for "George Abbey Final Fifteen". Of this group, Mae Jemison would become the first female African-American in space. Michael Foale would be one of the NASA astronauts to fly a long duration mission aboard the Mir space station. At the time of the Columbia accident in 2003, William Readdy was Associate Administrator for Space Flight and Kenneth Bowersox was commanding the Expedition 6 crew on the ISS. Chilton, after leaving NASA, became the first NASA astronaut to become a full General in the U.S. military. Lt Gen Thomas Stafford, USAF, and VADM Richard Truly, USN, were three-star officers. Lt Gen Susan Helms, USAF, is currently serving as a three-star officer.