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Duane G. Carey

Portrait photograph of Duane G. Carey

Photo: NASA Hubble Space Telescope / Public domain (US government work)

Duane Carey, known as Digger, is a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut, born on 30 April 1957. He piloted the Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-109, which launched on 1 March 2002 on a servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. It was his only spaceflight. Wikidata records 10 days and 22 hours in space. On this flight astronauts fitted new equipment to Hubble. Columbia was lost on STS-107 in 2003, the mission described on the Columbia STS-107 page.

Born
30 April 1957
Country
United States
Flights
1: STS-109 (2002)
Time in space
10 days 22 hours

Data as of 2 November 2026. Source: Wikidata (CC0). All people who have flown in space.

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  1. STS-109: Columbia’s Hubble Upgrade and the Leaking Spacesuit

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STS-109: Columbia’s Hubble Upgrade and the Leaking Spacesuit

NASA Goddard

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  1. STS-109: Columbia’s Hubble Upgrade and the Leaking Spacesuit

    Mission explainerNASA Goddard · 6:08

    Mission: STS-109 Hubble Servicing Mission 3B

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