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| Jeffery A. Hoffman | ||||||||||
| Jeffery Hoffman was selected as an astronaut in NASA's eighth class (1978). During his career at NASA, he was a member of five space shuttle crews. In 1985, he served as a mission specialist on his first mission designated STS-51-D. He made his second voyage into space serving as a mission specialist on STS-35 in 1990. His third mission assignment came in 1992 when he flew on STS-46 serving as the flight's payload commander. On his fourth mission, he served as a mission specialist on board the 1993 mission STS-61. His final mission came in 1996 when he flew on STS-75 serving as a mission specialist. Hoffman retried from the astronaut corps in 1997 having spent a total of 50 days in space. My Collection: This is a water survival training course cover which Hoffman has autographed (along with four other astronauts). His signature can be seen close-up below the cover. |
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