National Aeronautics and Space Administration

F. Drew Gaffney

United States of America

F. Drew Gaffney
Retired

Biography

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Francis Andrew "Drew" Gaffney is an American doctor. He previously worked for NASA and participated in the STS-40 Space Life Sciences (SLS 1) Space Shuttle mission in 1991 as a payload specialist. The SLS-1 mission crew completed over 18 experiments in nine days, bringing back more medical data than any previous NASA flight. He is currently a professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University.

Type

Payload Specialist

Age

79

Date of Birth

June 9, 1946

First Flight

June 5, 1991

Last Flight

June 5, 1991

Career Stats

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Flights

1

Landings

0

Spacewalks

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Time in Space

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