NAME:  Steven A. Hawley (Ph.D.)
       NASA Astronaut
 
BIRTHPLACE AND DATE:  Born December 12, 1951, in Ottawa, Kansas, but considers
Salina, Kansas, to be his hometown.  His parents, Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Hawley,
reside in Rancho Mirage, California.
 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:  Blond hair; blue eyes; height: 6 feet; weight: 165
pounds.
 
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 in
1977.
 
MARITAL STATUS:  Married to the former Eileen M. Keegan of Redondo Beach,
California.  Her mother, Mrs. Jo Keegan, resides in Redondo Beach, CA.  Her
father, Mr. Martin Keegan, resides in El Segundo, CA.
 
RECREATIONAL INTERESTS:  He enjoys basketball, softball, tennis, running,
playing bridge, and reading.
 
ORGANIZATIONS:  Member of the American Astronomical Society, the Astronomical
Society of the Pacific, Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Beta Kappa, and the University of
Kansas Alumni Association.
 
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 Medals, 1984 & 1986; Group
Achievement Award for JSC Strategic Planning, 1987; NASA Exceptional Service
Medal, 1988; Special Achievement Award, 1988; Exceptional Service Medal for
Return to Flight, 1988.
 
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. 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 an astronaut by NASA 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 Directorate.  A three flight veteran,
Hawley served as a mission specialist on STS-41D August 5 - September 5, 1984,
on STS-61C, January 12-18, 1986, and, more recently, on STS-31, April
24-29,1990.
 
His first mission STS 41-D, launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on
August 30, 1984.  Crew members included spacecraft commander Hank Hartsfield,
pilot Mike Coats, fellow mission specialists, Judy Resnik and Mike Mullane, and
payload specialist Charlie Walker.  This was the maiden flight of the orbiter
Discovery.  During this 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.  STS 41-D completed 96 orbits of the earth in 144 hours and 57 minutes,
before landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on September 5, 1984.
 
He next served as a mission specialist on STS 61-C, which launched from the
Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on January 12, 1986.  Crew members included
spacecraft commander Robert "Hoot" Gibson, pilot Charles Bolden, fellow mission
specialists, Franklin Chang-Diaz and George "Pinky" Nelson, and two payload
specialists, Robert Cenker of RCA, and Congressman Bill Nelson.  During the
6-day flight of Columbia the crew deployed the SATCOM KU satellite and
conducted experiments in astrophysics and materials processing.  STS 61-C made
a successful night landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on January
18, 1986,  logging him an additional 146 hours and 03 minutes in space.
 
More recently, Hawley served on the crew of STS-31, which launched on April 24,
1990, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  Crew members aboard Space
Shuttle Discovery included Loren Shriver (spacecraft commander), Charlie Bolden
(pilot), and Bruce McCandless and Kathy Sullivan (mission specialists).  During
this 5 day Mission, crew members 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.  Following 76 orbits of the
earth in 121 hours, STS-31 Discovery landed at Edwards Air Force Base,
California, on April 29, 1990.
 
With the completion of his third mission, Dr. Hawley has logged a total of 412
hours in space.
 
CURRENT ASSIGNMENT:  Dr. Hawley is Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office.
 
MAY 1990