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1946 - 2014 (67 years) Submit Photo / Document
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Name |
Steven Ray Nagel |
Born |
27 Oct 1946 |
Canton, Fulton, Illinois |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1950 |
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1950 Nagel 2. 1950 US census, Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, enumeration district 29-13, Lines Number 23 through 26, Nagel. |
Military Service |
U.S. Air Force |
Test pilot, astronaut. |
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Steven R Nagel. Steven R Nagel. |
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1987 Astronauts. The 35-member 1978 class of astronaut candidates. |
Occupation |
17 Jun 1985 |
Mission Specialist aboard the space shuttle "Discovery". STS-51G |
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Nagel America's 100th Astronaut In Space. Logansport (Indiana) Pharos-Tribune, Thursday, June 20, 1985 page 7. |
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Discovery Crew launches Record Number Of Satellites. Santa Cruz (California) Sentinel, Tuesday, June 25, 1985 section B, page 4. |
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Nagel Patch. Nagel Patch. |
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STS-51G Crew. STS-51G Crew. |
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STS-51_G_Launch. STS-51_G_Launch. |
Occupation |
30 Oct 1985 |
Flew as the pilot aboard the space shuttle "Challenger". STS-61A |
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Nagel Patch. Nagel Patch. |
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STS-61A Crew. STS-61A Crew. |
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STS-61A Launch. STS-61A Launch. |
Occupation |
5 Apr 1991 |
Flew as the commander aboard the space shuttle "Atlantis". STS-37 |
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Illinoisan To Lead Discovery Mission. Alton (Illinois) Telegraph, April 6, 1989 page 22.
An announcement that Nagel would lead a mission in April 1990 using Shuttle Discovery. This mission ended up being launched April 1991 using Atlantis. |
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Shuttle Atlantis Returns to Earth. Anderson (Indiana) Herald-Bulletin, April 11, 1991 page 21. |
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Nagel Patch. Nagel & Godwin Patch. |
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STS-37 Crew. STS-37 Crew. |
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STS-37 Shuttle Atlantis. STS-37 Shuttle Atlantis. |
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Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. The main mission of STS-37 was the deployment of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. |
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STS-37 Crew. STS-37 Crew departs the shuttle Alantis after landing. Commander Steven Nagel is first. Linda Godwin is the third. |
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STS-37 Return. The shuttle Atlantis after STS-37 being mated to the 747 transport plane for return to Kennedy Space Center. |
Occupation |
22 Mar 1993 |
The engines had ignited. Then with three seconds to go Nagel was aboard the space shuttle "Columbia" when the countdown was stopped due to a technical failure with the main engines. |
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Shuttle Launch Aborted. News Record, North Hills, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, March 23, 1993 page A4. |
Occupation |
26 Apr 1993 |
Served as the commander of the German D-2 Spacelab mission. Flew on the space shuttle "Columbia". STS-55 |
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Nagel Patch. Nagel Patch. |
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STS-55 Crew. STS-55 Crew. |
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STS-55 Rollout. STS-55 Rollout. |
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STS-55 Liftoff. STS-55 Liftoff. |
Died |
21 Aug 2014 |
Columbia, Boone, Missouri |
Buried |
Russell Heights Cemetery, Jackson, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States |
Siblings |
1. Janice Lynn Nagel, b. 11 Feb 1939, Canton, Fulton, Illinois , d. 4 Dec 2011, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois | |
Headstones |
Submit Headstone Photo |
Person ID |
I18972 |
Nagel |
Last Modified |
1 May 2023 |
Father |
Ivan R Nagel, b. 8 Jul 1912, Utica, LaSalle, Illinois , d. 12 Aug 2008, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois (Age 96 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Helene M Quade, b. 2 Oct 1914, d. 13 Feb 2004 (Age 89 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Family ID |
F6319 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Born - 27 Oct 1946 - Canton, Fulton, Illinois |
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| Divorced - 13 Dec 1994 - Harris County, Texas |
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| Died - 21 Aug 2014 - Columbia, Boone, Missouri |
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| Buried - - Russell Heights Cemetery, Jackson, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States |
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Photos
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| Steven R Nagel Steven R Nagel |
| Godwin and Nagel. Godwin and Nagel. |
| Steve Nagel - Astronaut Steve served on four space shuttle missions |
| Steven R. Nagel Steven is a veteran of four space shuttle missions. In 1995 he retired from the astronaut program and became the Deputy Director for the Operations Development, Safety, Reliability, and Quality Assurance Office at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas. |
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