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    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...
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  • Blaha or Bláha (feminine: Bláhová) is a Czech and Slovak surname. Notable people with the surname include: Constantin Blaha (born 1987), Austrian diver...
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    Julie Blaha is an American politician and retired educator serving as the 19th state auditor of Minnesota since 2019. She is a member of the Minnesota...
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    mission. Succeeding her on Mir for an approximately four-month stay was John Blaha, who returned in January 1997 with the STS-81 crew. American astronaut...
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    and the second one involving an exchange of U.S. astronauts. Astronaut John Blaha, who had been on Mir since September 19, 1996, was replaced by astronaut...
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    readaptation to Earth's environment, the orbiter crew made up of Commander John Blaha, Pilot Richard Searfoss and Mission specialist William McArthur oversaw...
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    insignia with a single gold star on the blue field. He was replaced by John Blaha. Sonny Carter, a mission specialist on this flight, was killed in a commercial...
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    Atlantis, was a nine-day mission whose primary goal was launching the TDRS-E satellite (TDRS-5). The flight also tested an advanced heatpipe radiator for...
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    1983. STS-7 carried Sally Ride, America's first female astronaut. John E. Blaha Roy D. Bridges Jr. (ascent CAPCOM) Guy Gardner Terry Hart Jon McBride...
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    Times. Archived from the original on January 6, 2021. Viereck, R. A.; Murad, E.; Pike, C. P.; Kofsky, I. L.; Trowbridge, C. A.; Rall, D. L. A.; Satayesh...
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