| First name and last name | Stephen Thorne |
| Date of birth | 11.02.1953 |
| Date of death | 24.05.1986 |
| Nationality | American |
| Space Agency | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| Status | Died while on active duty |
| Type of astronaut | Government agency |
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Thorne_(astr |
Additional information Stephen Thorne
Stephen Douglas Thorne was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot and a NASA astronaut candidate. He was born on February 11, 1953, in Frankfurt, West Germany, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1975. He was a Navy fighter pilot from 1976 until he became a test pilot in 1981. He was accepted for NASA astronaut training in June 1985, but died in an airplane accident where he was a passenger on May 24, 1986.
