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Steven A. Hawley (born December 12, 1951) is a
NASA mission-specialist astronaut, who has made 5
spaceflights so far.

==Personal Data==
Born December 12, 1951, in Ottawa, Kansas, but
considers Salina, Kansas, to be his hometown.
Married to the former Eileen M. Keegan of Redondo
Beach, California. He enjoys basketball, softball,
golf, running, playing bridge, and umpiring. His
parents, Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Hawley, reside in
Surprise, Arizona. Her mother, Mrs. Jo Keegan,
resides in Houston, Texas.

==Education==
Graduated from Salina (Central) High School,
Salina, Kansas, in 1969; received bachelor of arts
degrees in physics and astronomy (graduating with
highest distinction) from the University of Kansas
in 1973, and a doctor of philosophy in astronomy
and astrophysics from the University of
California, Santa Cruz in 1977.

==Organizations==
Member of the American Astronomical Society, the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, the American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Sigma
Pi Sigma, and Phi Beta Kappa.

==Special Honors==
Evans Foundation Scholarship, 1970; University of
Kansas Honor Scholarship, 1970; Summerfield
Scholarship, 1970-1973; Veta B. Lear Award, 1970;
Stranathan Award, 1972; Outstanding Physics Major
Award, 1973; University of California Regents
Fellowship, 1974; Group Achievement Award for
software testing at the Shuttle Avionics
Integration Laboratory, 1981; NASA Outstanding
Performance Award, 1981; NASA Superior Performance
Award, 1981; Group Achievement Award for Second
Orbiter Test and Checkout at Kennedy Space Center,
1982; Quality Increase, 1982; NASA Space Flight
Medal (1984, 1986, 1990, 1997, 1999); Group
Achievement Award for JSC Strategic Planning,
1987; NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1988, 1991);
Special Achievement Award, 1988; Exceptional
Service Medal for Return to Flight, 1988;
Outstanding Leadership Medal, 1990; Special
Achievement Award, 1990; Haley Flight Achievement
Award, 1991; Kansan of the Year Award, 1992; Group
Achievement Award for ESIG 3000 Integration
Project, 1994; Presidential Rank Award (1994,
1999); Group Achievement Award for Space Shuttle
Program Functional Workforce Review, 1995; Group
Achievement Award for SFOC Contract Acquisition,
1997; Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame, 1997; Kansas
University Distinguished Service Citation, 1998;
NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1998, 2000);
Aviation Week & Space Technology Laurel Citation
for Space, 1998, V.M. Komarov Diploma from the FAI
(Federation Aeronautique Internationale) (1998,
2000).

==Experience==
Hawley attended the University of Kansas, majoring
in physics and astronomy. He spent three summers
employed as a research assistant: 1972 at the U.S.
United States Naval Observatory|Naval Observatory
in Washington, D.C., and 1973 and 1974 at the
National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green
Bank, West Virginia. He attended graduate school
at Lick Observatory, University of California,
Santa Cruz. His research involved
spectrophotometry of gaseous nebulae and
emission-line galaxies with particular emphasis on
chemical abundance determinations for these
objects. The results of his research have been
published in major astronomical journals. Prior to
his selection by NASA in 1978, Hawley was a
post-doctoral research associate at Cerro Tololo
Inter-American Observatory in La Serena, Chile.

===NASA Experience===
Dr. Hawley was selected as a NASA astronaut in
January 1978. Prior to STS-1, he served as a
simulator pilot for software checkout at the
Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL).
For STS-2, STS-3, and STS-4, he was a member of
the astronaut support crew at Kennedy Space
Center, Florida, for Orbiter test and checkout,
and also served as prime close-out crewman for
STS-3 and STS-4. During 1984-1985, he was
Technical Assistant to the Director, Flight Crew
Operations. From 1987-1990, he was the Deputy
Chief of the Astronaut Office. In June 1990, he
left the Astronaut Office to assume the post of
Associate Director of NASA?s Ames Research Center
in California. In August 1992, he returned to the
Johnson Space Center as Deputy Director of Flight
Crew Operations. Dr. Hawley was returned to
astronaut flight status in February 1996. He
served on the second Hubble Space Telescope
mission and returned to duty as Deputy Director,
Flight Crew Operations. From October to November
2002, Dr. Hawley served as Director, Flight Crew
Operations. Dr. Hawley currently serves as
Associate Director for Astromaterials Research and
Exploration Science, Space and Life Sciences
Directorate. Dr. Hawley is responsible for
directing a scientific organization conducting
research and development in physical science
disciplines. The primary functions of the
organization include astromaterials acquisition
and curation, astromaterials research, and human
exploration science. A veteran of five space
flights (STS-41D in 1984, STS-61C in 1986, STS-31
in 1990, STS-82 in 1997and STS-93 in 1999), Dr.
Hawley has logged 32 days in space.

===Space Flight Experience===
Dr. Hawley has logged a total of 770 hours and 27
minutes in five space flights. He served as a
mission specialist on STS-41D in 1984, STS-61C in
1986, STS-31 in 1990, STS-82 in 1997 and STS-93 in
1999.

====STS-41-D Discovery====
STS-41-D Space Shuttle Discovery|Discovery (August
30 to September 5, 1984) was launched from the
Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and returned to
land at Edwards Air Force Base, California. This
was the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle
Discovery. During the 7-day mission the crew
successfully activated the OAST-1 solar cell wing
experiment, deployed the SBS-D, SYNCOM IV-2, and
TELSTAR 3-C satellites, operated the CFES-III
experiment, the student crystal growth experiment,
as well as photography experiments using the IMAX
motion picture camera. The mission was completed
in 96 orbits of the Earth in 144 hours and 57
minutes.

====STS-61-C Columbia====
STS-61C Columbia (January 12-18, 1986) was
launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida,
and returned to a night landing at Edwards Air
Force Base, California. During the 6-day flight
the crew deployed the SATCOM KU satellite and
conducted experiments in astrophysics and
materials processing. Mission duration was 146
hours and 03 minutes.

====STS-31 Discovery====
STS-31 Discovery ( April 24-29, 1990) was launched
from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and also
returned to land at Edwards Air Force Base,
California. During the 5-day mission, the crew
deployed the Hubble Space Telescope, and conducted
a variety of middeck experiments involving the
study of protein crystal growth, polymer membrane
processing, and the effects of weightlessness and
magnetic fields on an ion arc. They also operated
a variety of cameras, including both the IMAX
in-cabin and cargo bay cameras, for Earth
observations from their record-setting altitude of
380 miles. The mission was completed in 76 orbits
of the earth in 121 hours.

====STS-82 Discovery====
STS-82 Discovery (February 11-21, 1997) the second
Hubble Space Telescope (HST) maintenance mission,
was launched at night and returned to a night
landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. During
the flight, Dr. Hawley?s primary role was to
operate the Shuttle?s 50-foot robot arm to
retrieve and redeploy the HST following completion
of upgrades and repairs. Dr. Hawley also operated
the robot arm during five space walks in which two
teams installed two new spectrometers and eight
replacement instruments. They also replaced
insulation patches over three compartments
containing key data processing, electronics and
scientific instrument telemetry packages. HST was
then redeployed and boosted to a higher orbit. The
flight was completed in 149 orbits covering 3.8
million miles in 9 days, 23 hours, 37 minutes.

====STS-93 Columbia====
STS-93 Columbia (July 22-27, 1999) was launched
from the Kennedy Space Center on a 5-day mission
returning to KSC for the 12th night landing in the
Shuttle Program?s history. Dr. Hawley served as
Columbia?s flight engineer. The primary mission
objective was the successful deployment of the
Chandra X-ray Observatory, the third of NASA?s
Great Observatories after Hubble Space Telescope
and the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. Dr. Hawley
also served as the primary operator of a second
telescope carried in the crew module which was
used for several days to make broadband
ultraviolet observations of a variety of solar
system objects. The mission completed 79 orbits in
4 days, 22 hours, and 50 minutes.

Information current as of January 2003.

Source:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/hawley.html
NASA biographical page