Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                                    
   
September 2, 1994
(Phone:  202/358-1780)

Kyle Herring
Johnson Space Center, Houston 
(Phone:  713/483-5111)

RELEASE:  94-145

SPACE SHUTTLE CREW NAMED FOR SECOND MIR DOCKING MISSION

     NASA's second Space Shuttle mission to rendezvous and dock
with the Russian Space Station Mir, scheduled for October 1995,
will be commanded by U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Kenneth D.
Cameron.  

     Joining Cameron on the STS-74 mission are U.S. Air Force
(USAF) Lieutenant Colonel James D. Halsell, Jr., pilot, and USAF
Colonel Jerry L. Ross, U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel William S.
McArthur, Jr., and Canadian Air Force Major Chris A. Hadfield.

     The primary objective of the six-day flight is to attach a
permanent Russian docking module to an orbiter docking system
using the Shuttle's robot arm, before placing the docking module
onto the Mir Space Station, where it will remain for use during
future joint U.S.-Russian missions.  Throughout the flight,
various life sciences investigations will be performed.

     Cameron, 44, has flown twice before on the Shuttle, during
STS-37 in April 1991 and STS-56 in April 1993.  Most recently he
was NASA director of operations, Russia, where he worked with
Russian trainers, engineers and flight controllers to support the
training of astronauts at Star City and to enhance continued
cooperation between NASA and Russia's Space Agency.

     Cameron was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and received both his
bachelor and master of science degrees in aeronautics and
astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in
1978 and 1979, respectively.

     Halsell, 37, flew on the STS-65 mission in July and was born
in Monroe, La.  He received a bachelor of science degree in
engineering from the Air Force Academy in 1978, a master of science
degree in management from Troy University in 1983, and a master of
science degree in space operations from the Air Force Institute of
Technology in 1985.

     Ross, 46, has flown four previous times aboard the Shuttle,
during STS 61-B in November 1985, STS-27 in December 1988, STS-37 in
April 1991 and STS-55 in April 1993.  Ross has conducted four
spacewalks on two of those missions.  He was born in Crown Point,
Ind., and received his bachelor and master of science degrees in
mechanical engineering from Purdue University in 1970 and 
1972, respectively.

     McArthur, 43, flew on the STS-58 mission in October 1993.  He was
born in Laurinburg, N.C., and considers Wakulla, N.C., his hometown. 
McArthur received a bachelor of science degree in applied science and
engineering from the U.S. Military Academy in 1973 and a master of
science degree in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of
Technology in 1983.

     Hadfield, 35, was born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, and grew
up in Milton, Ontario.  He received a bachelors degree in mechanical
engineering from the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario,
Canada, in 1982 and a master of science degree in aviation systems
from the University of Tennessee in 1992.  
STS-74 will be Hadfield's first Shuttle mission.  He is a member of
the astronaut class of 1992. 

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