Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 08.11.1948 |
| Birthplace: | Fairmont, Minnesota |
| Marital status: | married |
| 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 Springs, Colorado |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | STS-8 Challenger | MS | 30.08. - 05.09.1983 | 6d 01h 08m |
| 2 | STS-51A Discovery | MS | 08.11. - 16.11.1984 | 7d 23h 44m |
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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: next manager of
Northrup Grumman’s Colorado Springs operations and later he joined the
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, as the
Associate Director for Renewable Fuels Science and Technology, retiring in
January 2013. Skiing, golf, tennis, jogging, photography, woodworking.
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