Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 08.11.1948 |
| Birthplace: | Fairmont / Minnesota |
| Marital status: | divorced |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 16.01.1978 |
| Selection group: | NASA-8 |
| Position: | MSP |
| Status: | Ret. ??.10.1986 |
| Day of death: | 19.02.2014 |
| Place of death: | / Colorado |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | STS-8 | MSP | 30.08. - 05.09.1983 | 6d 01h 08m |
| 2 | STS-51A | MSP | 08.11. - 16.11.1984 | 7d 23h 44m |
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| Total | 14d 00h 52m | |||
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Additional information
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Captain US Navy, Ret.; test pilot; bachelor of
science in engineering physics from the University of Illinois
(Urbana-Champaign), 1970; later with U.S. Space Command, Colorado Springs; then
Senior Systems Engineer at TRW Inc., Colorado Springs; hobbies: Skiing, golf,
tennis, jogging, photography, woodworking. |
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