John Oliver Creighton
John Creighton | |
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NASA astronaut | |
Rank | Captain, USN |
Time in space | 16d 20h 24m |
Selection | NASA Group 8 (1978) |
Missions | STS-51-G STS-36 STS-48 |
Mission insignia |
John Oliver Creighton (born April 28, 1943), (Capt, USN, Ret.), is a former NASA astronaut who flew three Space Shuttle missions.
Personal life
He was born on April 28, 1943, in
Education
He graduated from
Military career
Creighton started flight training following graduation from the
He has logged over 6,000 hours flying time, the majority of it in jet fighters, and has completed 500 carrier landings and 175 combat missions.
NASA career
Selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in January 1978, Creighton became an astronaut in August 1979. During the following four years, he held a variety of technical assignments in support of the
Space flights
STS-36 Atlantis (February 28 to March 4, 1990) carried Department of Defense payloads and a number of secondary payloads. Mission duration was 72 Earth orbits in 106 hours, 19 minutes, 43 seconds.
STS-48 Discovery (September 12–18, 1991) was a 5-day mission during which the crew deployed the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) which is designed to provide scientists with their first complete data set on the upper atmosphere's chemistry, winds and energy inputs. The crew also conducted numerous secondary experiments ranging from growing protein crystals, to studying how fluids and structures react in weightlessness. Mission duration was 81 Earth orbits in 128 hours, 27 minutes, 34 seconds.
Political career
He unsuccessfully ran as a Republican candidate for the Washington State Senate in 1997.[1]
Organizations
He is a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and the Association of Space Explorers.
Honors
He was awarded the
References
- ^ "State Legislature". The Seattle Times. September 10, 1997.
- "Biographical Data: JOHN O. CREIGHTON (CAPTAIN, USN, RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER)" (PDF). NASA. December 1994. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- "Astronauts and the BSA" (PDF). Fact sheet. Boy Scouts of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 22, 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
- Spacefacts biography of John O. Creighton