Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 27.10.1946 |
| Birthplace: | Canton / Illinois |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 16.01.1978 |
| Selection group: | NASA-8 |
| Position: | CDR |
| Status: | Ret. 28.02.1995 |
| Day of death: | 21.08.2014 |
| Place of death: | ? |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | STS-51G | MSP | 17.06. - 24.06.1985 | 7d 01h 38m |
| 2 | STS-61A | PLT | 30.10. - 06.11.1985 | 7d 00h 44m |
| 3 | STS-37 | CDR | 05.04. - 11.04.1991 | 5d 23h 32m |
| 4 | STS-55 | CDR | 26.04. - 06.05.1993 | 9d 23h 40m |
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| Total | 30d 01h 34m | |||
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Additional information
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Bachelor of science in aeronautical and
astronautical engineering from the University of Illinois, 1969; master of
science in mechanical engineering from California State University-Fresno,
1978; Colonel,
USAF,
Ret.; test pilot; later instructor pilot at
JSC; in a
second marriage married to astronaut Linda
Godwin; hobbies: Sport flying,
amateur radio, music; until August 2011
NASA Research Pilot,
JSC; died
of cancer. |
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