seven people were aboard the space shuttle. they are; stephen frick, who was the commander, the man in charge of the space shuttle, alan g. poindexter, who was the pilot, the man who flied the shuttle, leland d. melvin, rex j. walheim, hans schlegel and stanley g. love, who were there to fit the "columbus" onto the space station. léopold eyharts was also on board. he lived on the space station for a month. daniel m. tani, who was on the space station came home aboard the soyuz spacecraft.