Byron K. Lichtenberg
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1948-02-19
Status Retired
Type Government
Astronaut Biography
Byron Kurt Lichtenberg, Sc. D. (born February 19, 1948) is an American engineer and fighter pilot who flew aboard two NASA Space Shuttle missions as a Payload Specialist. In 1983, he and Ulf Merbold became the first Payload Specialists to fly on the shuttle.
