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Also Known As Jeffrey Alan Hoffman
Born November 2, 1944 (age 82) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors International Academy of Astronautics

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Jeff Hoffman, wearing an orange NASA spacesuit, stands beside a U.S. flag and rests one hand on a helmet, posing for an official portrait.
Astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman, anchored to the robotic arm of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, installs equipment on the Hubble Space Telescope during a spacewalk, with another astronaut reflected nearby.
NASA astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman smiles in front of a purple cloth with a dreidel floating beside him inside the space shuttle during Hanukkah.
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