Portrait of Andrew Allen Courtesy of NASA

Andrew Allen is an American astronaut who was born on August 4, 1955 in Pennsylvania. Before he became an astronauts, Allen was a Navy and Marines pilot. He has flown 30 different airplanes.

Allen became an astronaut for NASA in 1988. He has flown on three space flights. He has spent 900 hours in space. In 1992, Allen flew aboard space shuttle Atlantis. In 1994, he spent 14 days in space aboard shuttle Columbia. In 1996, he helped show that a tethered satellite can produce power to a space shuttle. The tethered satellite is like a big ball with a string connected to it. The ball collects power from the solar wind. This power travels through the string and into the spacecraft. Then the spacecraft can use the power.

Portrait of Andrew Allen Courtesy of NASA

Andrew Allen is an American astronaut who was born on August 4, 1955 in Pennsylvania. Before he became an astronauts, Allen was a Navy and Marines pilot. He has flown over 4500 hours on more than 30 different aircraft.

Allen became an astronaut for NASA in 1988. He has flown on three space flights and has logged over 900 hours in space.

In 1992, Allen flew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis on an 8-day mission. During this mission, a space platform was deployed, and the Tethered Satellite System was demonstrated. The tethered satellite system is like a big ball attached to a string. The ball collects power from energetic solar particles and transmits that power down the string and into the space shuttle.

In 1994, Allen spent 14 days in space during the STS-62 mission. This mission studied several Earth-related engineering applications. In 1996, Allen was part of the crew that retested the Tether Satellite Satellite during a 15-day mission.

Portrait of Andrew Allen Courtesy of NASA

Andrew Allen is an American astronaut who was born on August 4, 1955 in Pennsylvania. Before he became an astronauts, Allen was a Navy and Marines pilot. He has logged over 4500 flight hours on more than 30 different aircraft.

Allen became an astronaut for NASA in 1988. He has flown on three space flights and has logged over 900 hours in space.

In 1992, Allen flew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis on an 8-day mission. During this mission, the EURECA space platform was deployed, and the Tether Satellite System was demonstrated.

In 1994, Allen spent 14 days in space during the STS-62 mission. This mission studied several Earth-related engineering applications. These applications included materials processing, biotechnology, and environmental monitoring.

In 1996, Allen was part of the crew that retested the Tether Satellite Satellite during a 15-day mission. Though the tether broke off during the test, it was able to successively demonstrate that tethers can be a viable source of electricity to the shuttle.