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==NASA career== [[File:STS 41-G crew photo taken on the flight deck of the Challenger during flight - STS41G-19-006.jpg|thumb|right|McBride (bottom left) with the crew of the STS-41-G mission]] Selected as [[NASA Astronaut Group 8|an astronaut candidate by NASA in January 1978]], McBride became an astronaut in August 1979,<ref>{{cite journal |last=Ross-Nazzal |first=Jennifer |title=Legacy of the 35 New Guys |journal=Houston History |issn= 2165-6614 |volume=6 |issue=1 |date=Fall 2008 |url=https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/HouHistory/HoustonHistory-Fall08.pdf |access-date=October 5, 2020 }}</ref> the first astronaut from West Virginia.<ref name="Register-Herald Obit" /><ref name="CharlestonGM-Obit" /> His NASA assignments included lead [[Chase plane|chase pilot]] for the maiden voyage of [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']], [[software]] verification in the [[Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory]], capsule communicator for [[STS-5]], [[STS-6]], and [[STS-7]], flight data file manager, and [[orbital rendezvous]] procedures development.<ref name="NASA" /> McBride was the pilot of [[STS-41-G]], which launched from [[Kennedy Space Center]] in Florida, on October 5, 1984, aboard the Orbiter [[Space Shuttle Challenger|''Challenger'']]. This was the first crew of seven, at the time the largest crew ever sent into space.<ref name="NYT-1984">{{cite news |title=LARGEST CREW EVER SENT INTO SPACE BLENDS INTEREST IN FLIGHT AND SCIENCE |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/06/us/largest-crew-ever-sent-into-space-blends-interest-in-flight-and-science.html |access-date=August 10, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 6, 1984}}</ref> During their eight-day mission, crew members deployed the [[Earth Radiation Budget Satellite]], conducted scientific observations of the Earth with the OSTA-3 pallet and Large Format Camera, and demonstrated potential satellite refueling with an [[Extravehicular activity|EVA]] and associated [[hydrazine]] transfer. The mission duration was 197 hours and concluded with a landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on October 13, 1984.<ref name="NASA" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dumoulin |first1=Jim |title=NASA mission summary 41-G (13) |url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/41-g/mission-41-g.html |publisher=NASA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329234114/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/41-g/mission-41-g.html |archive-date=March 29, 2013 |format=by web.archive.org, the [[Wayback Machine]] |date=June 29, 2001}}</ref> McBride was scheduled to fly again in March 1986 as the commander of [[Cancelled Space Shuttle missions|STS-61-E]]. This flight was one of several deferred by NASA in the wake of the [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster|''Challenger'' accident]] in January 1986.<ref name="NASA" /><ref name="STS-61E">{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Ben |title=In the Shadow of Challenger: The Lost Mission of STS-61E (Part 1) |url=https://www.americaspace.com/2013/03/09/in-the-shadow-of-challenger-the-lost-mission-of-sts-61e-part-1/ |website=www.americaspace.com |access-date=August 10, 2024 |date=March 9, 2013}}</ref> [[File:STS-61-E crew.jpg|thumb|left|McBride (sitting in the middle), as commander of never flown STS-61-E spaceflight]] On July 30, 1987, McBride was assigned to [[NASA Headquarters]] to serve as assistant administrator for Congressional Relations, with responsibility for NASA's relationship with the [[United States Congress]], and for providing coordination and direction to all headquarters and field center communications with congressional support organizations. He held this post from September 1987 through March 1989. In 1988, McBride was named to command the crew of the [[STS-35]] (ASTRO-1) mission, scheduled for launch in March 1990, but chose to retire from NASA instead.<ref name="NASA" /><ref name="STS-61E"/>
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