18 Facts About Steven Hawley

Steven Alan Hawley was born on December 12,1951 and is a retired astronomer and NASA astronaut who flew on five US Space Shuttle flights.

Steven Hawley was born December 12,1951, in Ottawa, Kansas, to Dr and Mrs Bernard Steven Hawley.

Steven Hawley graduated from Salina High School Central, Salina, Kansas, in 1969; he regards Salina as his home town.

Steven Hawley attended the University of Kansas, graduating with highest distinction in 1973 with Bachelor of Science degrees in Physics and in Astronomy.

Steven Hawley spent three summers employed as a research assistant: 1972 at the US Naval Observatory in Washington, DC, and 1973 and 1974 at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia.

Steven Hawley attended graduate school at Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz, principal advisor was William L Burke graduating in 1977 with a Doctorate in Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Steven Hawley's research involved spectrophotometry of gaseous nebulae and emission-line galaxies, with particular emphasis on chemical abundance determinations for these objects.

Steven Hawley is Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Kansas.

Steven Hawley logged a total of 32 days, 2 hours, 41 minutes in five space flights.

Steven Hawley served as a mission specialist on STS-41D in 1984, STS-61C in 1986, STS-31 in 1990, STS-82 in 1997 and STS-93 in 1999.

Steven Hawley was the last member of NASA Astronaut Group 8 to make a space flight.

Steven Hawley is the only astronaut to deploy the Hubble Space Telescope and later fly on one of its servicing missions.

Steven Hawley operated the robot arm during five spacewalks in which two teams installed two new spectrometers and eight replacement instruments.

Steven Hawley served as the primary operator of a second telescope carried in the crew module and used for several days to make broadband ultraviolet observations of a variety of Solar System objects.

Steven Hawley is a member of the American Astronomical Society, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sigma Pi Sigma, and Phi Beta Kappa.

Steven Hawley was appointed as spokeswoman for then-Kansas Governor Sam Brownback in 2013.

Steven Hawley enjoys basketball, softball, golf, running, playing bridge, and umpiring.

Steven Hawley appeared on an episode of Home Improvement, alongside Space Shuttle Commander, Kenneth Bowersox.