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==NASA career== Selected by NASA in May 1984, Carter became an astronaut in June 1985, qualified for assignment as a [[mission specialist]] on future [[Space Shuttle]] flight crews. ===Space Shuttle program=== {{Main|STS-33}} [[File:STS-33 crew.jpg|thumb|right|Sonny Carter (standing row, left) with his STS-33 crewmates]] Carter was assigned as [[Extra-vehicular activity]] (EVA) Representative for the Mission Development Branch of the Astronaut Office when selected to the crew of [[STS-33]]. The STS-33 crew launched from [[Kennedy Space Center]], [[Florida]], at night on November 22, 1989, aboard the Space Shuttle [[Space Shuttle Discovery|''Discovery'']]. The mission carried [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] payloads and other secondary payloads. After 79 [[orbit]]s of the Earth, this five-day mission concluded on November 27, 1989, with a hard surface landing on Runway 04 at [[Edwards Air Force Base]], [[California]]. Carter logged 120 hours in space. At the time of his death in April 1991, Carter was assigned as mission specialist 3 on the crew of [[STS-42]] ''Discovery'', the first International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-1). His place was taken by [[David C. Hilmers|Dave Hilmers]].
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