Gardner’s official portrait dates to his entry into the astronaut corps six years before the STS-51A mission. He was one of the “Thirty-Five New Guys” selected in 1978, the first class of astronaut candidates recruited for the Space Shuttle program.
Gardner’s official portrait dates to his entry into the astronaut corps six years before the STS-51A mission. He was one of the “Thirty-Five New Guys” selected in 1978, the first class of astronaut candidates recruited for the Space Shuttle program.