MS JUL 13 PM 1982 39572. Missions STS-41-B STS-51-J. He also served as support crewman for STS-4, and Ascent/Orbit CAPCOM for STS-5. Although Space Shuttle Astronauts who had served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II (including Gus Grissom and Deke Slayton) had previously flown, Stewart was the first active-duty Army officer to make a spaceflight.
