Portrait of Andrew Allen
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Andrew Allen
Andrew Allen is an American astronaut who was born on August 4, 1955 in
Pennsylvania. Before he became an astronauts, Allen was a Navy and Marines
pilot. He has flown 30 different airplanes.
Allen became an astronaut for NASA in 1988. He has flown on three space
flights. He has spent 900 hours in space. In 1992, Allen flew aboard
space shuttle Atlantis. In 1994, he spent 14 days in space aboard shuttle
Columbia. In 1996, he helped show that a tethered satellite can produce
power to a space shuttle. The tethered satellite is like a big ball with a
string connected to it. The ball collects power from the solar wind. This
power travels through the string and into the spacecraft. Then the spacecraft
can use the power.
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