Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
PhillipsRobert WardUSA |
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 21.01.1929 |
| Birthplace: | Peoria, Illinois |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | four |
| Selection date: | 09.01.1984 |
| Selection group: | Spacelab-4 / SLS-1 |
| Position: | PSP |
| Status: | Ret. 14.06.1991 |
| Day of death: | 26.02.2013 |
| Place of death: | Fort Collins, Colorado |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
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Backup assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | STS-40 | PS |
Additional information
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Bachelor of science in Biology and
D.V.M. from Colorado State University, 1959 and 1961,
respectively;
Ph.D. in physiology from University of California,
Davis, 1965; was assigned for
STS-71E and
as backup for
STS-40; later Chief scientist,
NASA (Space Station Freedom); then
NASA's
JPL;
was since April 1999 Professor Department of Physiology, Colorado State
University, Fort Collins. |
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