NAME:  Carl J. Meade (Colonel, USAF)
       NASA Astronaut
 
BIRTHPLACE AND DATE:  Born November 16, 1950, at Chanute Air Force Base,
Illinois.  His father, Mr. John Meade, resides in Universal City, Texas.  His
mother, Mrs. Esther J. Meade, is deceased.
 
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:  Brown hair; brown eyes; 5 feet 10 inches; 150 pounds.
 
EDUCATION:  Graduated from Randolph High School, Randolph Air Force Base,
Texas, in 1968; received a bachelor of science degree (with honors) in
electronics engineering from University of Texas in 1973, and a master of
science degree in electronics engineering from California Institute of
Technology in 1975.
 
MARITAL STATUS:  Married to the former Cheryl Ann Root of San Antonio, Texas.
Her parents, Mr. & Mrs. James Root, reside in San Antonio.
 
CHILDREN:  David James, December 5, 1985.
 
RECREATIONAL INTERESTS:  He enjoys woodworking, home-built aircraft
construction, racquetball, jogging, and snow skiing.
 
ORGANIZATIONS:  Member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP), Tau
Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Kappa Phi, the Experimental Aircraft Association,
and is a registered professional engineer.
 
SPECIAL HONORS:  Hughes Fellow, California Institute of Technology.
Distinguished graduate of USAF Undergraduate Pilot Training, and USAF Test
Pilot School.  Recipient of the Liethen-Tittle Award as the Outstanding Test
Pilot of USAF Test Pilot School Class 80B.  Awarded the National Defense
Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, 2
Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards, and the NASA Group Achievement Award.
 
EXPERIENCE:  Prior to entering active duty in the United States Air Force
(USAF), Meade was a Hughes Fellow at the California Institute of Technology and
an electronics design engineer at Hughes Aircraft Company in Culver City,
California.  He entered the U.S. Air Force at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas,
where he was a distinguished graduate of undergraduate pilot training.  In
1977, Meade was assigned to the 363rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Shaw Air
Force Base, South Carolina, where he flew the RF-4C.  He was then selected as a
member of the USAF Test Pilot School Class 80B.  Upon graduation he received
the Liethen-Tittle Award as the Outstanding Test Pilot and was assigned to the
6,510th Test Wing at Edwards Air Force Base, California.  While there, Meade
was involved with research development test and evaluation of the F-5E, RF-5E
and F-20 aircraft and the ground-launched and air-launched cruise missiles.  He
also performed high speed taxi, braking, tailhook, take-off, landing, flying
qualities, performance and weapon systems test in the F-4E aircraft.  Meade was
then assigned to the F-16 Combined Test Force where he flew performance, loads
and flutter, flying qualities, and weapon systems tests in both the F-16A and
F-16C aircraft.  In 1985, he was reassigned to the USAF Test Pilot School as a
test pilot instructor in the F-4, A-7, A-37 and various gliders, teaching
performance, stability/control, departure/spins, and radar flight test
techniques.  He was also the departure/spin lead instructor and avionics
systems test training aircraft program manager.
 
He has logged over 3,600 hours of  jet time in 27 different aircraft.
 
NASA EXPERIENCE:  Selected by NASA in June 1985, Meade became an astronaut in
July 1986.  He has held a variety of technical assignments including
verification testing of flight software in the Shuttle Avionics Integration
Laboratory (SAIL), crew escape flight tests, Orbiter ground egress tests and
launch support duties, both at the Kennedy Space Center and at the Johnson
Space Center.  Prior to STS-38, Meade was the Astronaut Office representative
to the Solid Rocket Booster Program and the Space Shuttle Main Engine Program
at the Marshall Space Flight Center.
 
More recently, Meade served as mission specialist on STS-38.  The five-man crew
launched at night from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on November 15,
1990.  During the five-day mission he conducted Department of Defense
operations.  After 80 orbits of the earth, in the first Shuttle recovery in
Florida since 1985, Space Shuttle Atlantis and her crew landed back at the
Kennedy Space Center on November 20, 1990.  With the completion of this flight
he has logged 117 hours in space.
 
CURRENT ASSIGNMENT:  Meade is assigned as a mission specialist on the crew of
STS-50, scheduled for launch aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in June 1992.
STS-50 will be the first flight of the United States Microgravity Laboratory.
Over a two-week period the STS-50 flight crew will conduct a wide variety of
experiments relating to materials processing in a microgravity environment.
 
FEBRUARY 1992