Thomas Hennen
Hennen was born August 17, 1952, in Albany, Georgia. Hennen graduated from Groveport-Madison High School in Groveport, Ohio in 1970. He attended Urbana College in Urbana, Ohio from 1970?1972 on both an academic and athletic scholarship. Hennen was the first Warrant Officer within the U.S. Army and Department of Defense to have been selected as a member of a Space Shuttle flight crew. Hennen served over 24 years in the imagery intelligence field. He received extensive technical training and experience as an operational imagery analyst at both the national and tactical intelligence levels; experience as an instructor; training, force, and combat developer; extensive material development and acquisition management experience?all of which combined to make him one of the most qualified imagery intelligence technicians within the Department of Defense. During 1976 through 1978, Hennen was assigned to the 203rd Military Intelligence Detachment. While there he served as Operations NCO and the chief of both the Tactical and Strategic Exploitation Divisions, providing imagery collection, exploitation, and intelligence support. Hennen was assigned to the U.S. Army Intelligence Center, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, from 1981 through 1986. He was the project officer for the Imagery Intelligence (IMINT) Tactical Exploitation of National Space Capabilities Program (TENCAP), responsible for developing all training requirements, concept, and doctrine. Hennen was selected as a payload specialist candidate in September 1988. Hennen became the first Warrant Officer in space, flying aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-44). Retired from the U.S. Army in December 1995.
Spaceflights:
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 STS-44 PSP 24.11. - 01.12.1991 6d 22h 50m
Total 6d 22h 50m
