Space · astronaut
John E. Blaha
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
AMERICAN
RETIRED
Career
Time in space
161 d 2 h
Spacewalks
0
Flights
5
5 landings
Status
Retired
Nationality
AmericanBorn
26 Aug 1942First flight
13 Mar 1989Most recent flight
16 Sept 1996Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
John Elmer Blaha 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 grown children and four grandchildren.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 05 | Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-79 | 16 Sept 1996 |
| 04 | Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-58 | 18 Oct 1993 |
| 03 | Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-43 | 02 Aug 1991 |
| 02 | Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-33 | 23 Nov 1989 |
| 01 | Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-29 | 13 Mar 1989 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026