Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                                    
           
August 25, 1994
(Phone:  202/358-1778)

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

RELEASE:  94-141

CREW MEMBERS NAMED FOR SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-70

     Air Force Colonel Terence T. (Tom) Henricks will command
Space Shuttle mission STS-70 scheduled for launch in mid-1995
carrying a NASA communications satellite.

     The primary payload for STS-70 is a Tracking and Data Relay
Satellite used as part of a three-satellite constellation
providing telecommunications needs essential to the success of
Space Shuttle and low-Earth orbit spacecraft missions.  Joining
Henricks on the five-day mission are Kevin R. Kregel, pilot; Army
Major Nancy Sherlock, mission specialist; Donald A. Thomas,
Ph.D., mission specialist and Mary Ellen Weber, Ph.D., mission
specialist.

     Henricks, 42, has flown on two previous Shuttle missions,
STS-44 in November 1991 and STS-55 in April 1993.  He was born in
Bryan, Ohio, but considers Woodville, Ohio, his hometown. 
Henricks received a bachelor of science degree in civil
engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1974 and a 
masters degree in public administration from Golden Gate
University in 1982.

     Kregel, 37, was born in New York City, but considers
Amityville, N.Y., his hometown.  He received a bachelor of
science degree in astronautical engineering from the Air Force
Academy in 1978 and a masters degree in public administration
from Troy State University in 1988.  STS-70 will be Kregel's 
first Shuttle mission.  He is a member of the astronaut class of
1992.

     Sherlock, 35, flew as a mission specialist on the STS-56
mission in April 1993.  She was born in Wilmington, Del., but
considers Troy, Ohio, her hometown.  Sherlock received a bachelor
of arts degree in biological science from Ohio State University
in 1980 and a master of science degree in safety engineering from
the University of Southern California in 1985.

     Thomas, 39, was a mission specialist on the STS-65 mission
in July 1994.  He was born in Cleveland, Ohio.  Thomas received a
bachelor of science degree in physics from Case Western Reserve
University in 1977.  He obtained his master of science and
doctorate degrees in materials science from Cornell University 
in 1980 and 1982, respectively.

     Weber, 32, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, but considers
Bedford Heights, Ohio, her hometown.  She received a bachelor of
science degree in chemical engineering from Purdue University in
1984.  Weber received her doctorate in physical chemistry from
the University of California, Berkeley.  She is a member of the
astronaut class of 1992 and STS-70 will be her first Shuttle 
flight.

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