Who flew on more Space Shuttle missions, meteorologist Piers Sellers or chemical engineer Lodewijk van den Berg?
Lodewijk van den Berg Lodewijk van den Berg (] ; born March 24, 1932) is a Dutch American chemical engineer, specializing in crystal growth, who flew on a 1985 Space Shuttle "Challenger" mission as a Payload Specialist.
STS-62-A STS-62-A was a planned Space Shuttle mission to deliver a reconnaissance payload (Teal Ruby) into polar orbit. It was expected to use "Discovery". It would have been the first manned launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and the first manned mission to go into polar orbit. The mission designation, 62-A, meant: 6=fiscal year 1986, 2=Vandenberg (1=Kennedy Space Center), and A=first flight in that fiscal year.