Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 20.01.1948 |
| Birthplace: | Crown Point, Indiana |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 19.05.1980 |
| Selection group: | NASA-9 |
| Position: | MSP |
| Status: | Ret. 20.01.2012 |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | STS-61B Atlantis | MS | 27.11. - 03.12.1985 | 6d 21h 04m |
| 2 | STS-27 Atlantis | MS | 02.12. - 07.12.1988 | 4d 09h 05m |
| 3 | STS-37 Atlantis | MS | 05.04. - 11.04.1991 | 5d 23h 32m |
| 4 | STS-55 Columbia | MS | 26.04. - 06.05.1993 | 9d 23h 40m |
| 5 | STS-74 Atlantis | MS | 12.11. - 20.11.1995 | 8d 04h 30m |
| 6 | STS-88 Endeavour | MS | 04.12. - 16.12.1998 | 11d 19h 18m |
| 7 | STS-110 Atlantis | MS | 08.04. - 19.04.2002 | 10d 19h 42m |
| Total | 58d 00h 51m | |||
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Additional information
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Bachelor and master of science in mechanical
engineering from Purdue University, 1970 and 1972, respectively; recipient of
one honorary doctorate; Colonel,
USAF,
Ret.; flight test engineer; unsuccessful application for
NASA
astronaut group 8;
hobbies: Softball, racquetball, woodworking, model rocketry, photography,
flying, genealogy; first, who flew seven times into space; was Chief, Vehicle
Integration Test Office,
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