| Full Name: | John Elmer Blaha |
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| Birthdate: | August 26, 1942 - San Antonio, Texas |
| Education: | Bachelor of Science in engineering science - United States Air Force Academy Master of Science in astronautical engineering - Purdue University |
| Military Service: | Colonel, United States Air Force |
| Selection: | NASA Group 10 (1980) |
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| STS-29 | STS-33 | STS-43 | STS-58 | STS-79 | Mir EO-22 | STS-81 |
| Discovery | Discovery | Atlantis | Columbia | Atlantis | - | Atlantis |
| March 13-18, 1989 | November 23-28, 1989 | August 2-11, 1991 | October 18-November 1, 1993 | September 16-26, 1996 | September 16, 1996-January 22, 1997 | January 12-22, 1997 |
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| John Blaha was not permitted to vote in the November 1996 election because absentee ballots were not available prior to the start of his mission to Mir. As a result, in 1997, Texas amended their statutes to permit voting from space. |
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| John Blaha during the STS-33 mission | John Blaha during the STS-33 mission | John Blaha during the STS-81 mission |
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