John E. Blaha

John Blaha
Born
John Elmer Blaha

(1942-08-26) August 26, 1942 (age 82)
EducationUnited States Air Force Academy (BS)
Purdue University (MS)
Space career
NASA astronaut
RankColonel, USAF
Time in space
161d 2h 45m
SelectionNASA Group 9 (1980)
MissionsSTS-29
STS-33
STS-43
STS-58
STS-79 (up)
STS-81 (down)
Mission insignia

John Elmer Blaha (born August 26, 1942, in San Antonio, Texas) is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He is a veteran of five space missions aboard the Space Shuttle and Mir.

Blaha is married to the former Brenda I. Walters of St. Louis, Missouri. They have three children.[1]

  1. ^ "John E. Blaha" (PDF). Biographical Data. Johnson Space Center: NASA. May 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2023.

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