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Bruce E. Melnick

CDR · USCG

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Bruce E. Melnick

CDR · USCG

06/07/1972 – 01/01/1901

Friendswood, TX

Service Details

School / Education

USCG Academy

Pilot Designation

Nav Aviat/Astron.

Highest Designation

Dist. Flying Cross-2

Service Years

06/07/1972 – 01/01/1901

Aircraft Flown

T-38 H-65 H-3 H-52 T-28

Duty Assignments

NASA
USCGAS Sitka, AK
USCGAS Cape Cod, MA

Service Organizations

Pterodactyls

Achievements & Story

Flew aboard STS-41 "Discovery" Oct. 6-10, 1990 as Mission Spec- ialist #1. First US Coast Guard Astronaut to fly in space. M.S. degree from Univ of W Florida