Tags: Astronaut.
Stephen Douglas Thorne (February 11 1953 – May 24 1986) was an American Naval officer and a NASA astronaut candidate.He was born on February 11 1953 in Frankfurt Germany and graduated from the US 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.He was survived by his wife Sue.
