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Retired NASA astronaut who served as mission specialist on two Space Shuttle missions.He logged 22 hours of EVA (extra-vehicular activity).He, like Apollo astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, was a Navy pilot.
BEFORE FAMEHe was a pilot in the U.S. Navy and a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force.
PERSONAL LIFEHe married and had three children.
FUN FACTSAstronaut James Van Hoften were born on Sunday, in a leap year, birthstone is Pearl, the seaon was Spring in the Chinese year of Monkey, it is 161 days until James Van Hoften next birthday.
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