Kenneth D. Cameron
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Kenneth Cameron | |
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NASA astronaut | |
Rank | Colonel, USMC |
Time in space | 23d 10h 11m |
Selection | NASA Group 10 (1984) |
Missions | STS-37 STS-56 STS-74 |
Mission insignia | |
Retirement | December 2008 |
Kenneth Donald Cameron (born November 29, 1949), (
.Background
Cameron was born November 29, 1949, in
He was a
Military and flight experience
Cameron was commissioned in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1970 at
In 1976, Cameron was reassigned to the
He has logged over 4,000 hours flying time in 48 different types of aircraft.
NASA career
Selected by NASA in May 1984, Cameron became an astronaut in June 1985. His technical assignments have included work on
He was absent from NASA between 1996 and 2003. However, following the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew, Cameron returned to the space program in October 2003, taking a founding position as a Principal Engineer in the NASA Engineering & Safety Center, based at the NASA Langley Research Center, in Hampton, Virginia. In June 2005, Cameron was selected as Deputy Director for Safety of the NESC, and in June 2007 he was relocated to the NESC office at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
A veteran of three space flights, Cameron has logged over 561 hours in space. He served as pilot on STS-37 (April 5–11, 1991), and was the spacecraft commander on STS-56 (April 9–17, 1993) and STS-74 (November 12–20, 1995).
Spaceflight experience
Cameron flew his first mission as pilot on
Post-NASA career
Following his first NASA retirement on August 5, 1996, he joined Hughes Training, Inc., a subsidiary of
Cameron retired from NASA for good in December 2008 to join
Awards and honors
- Defense Superior Service Medal
- Legion of Merit
- Distinguished Flying Cross (2)
- Navy Commendation Medalwith Combat "V"
- Combat Action Ribbon
- NASA Leadership Medal
- NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal
- NASA Space Flight Medals (3)
- Vietnamese Meritorious Unit Citation
- Admiral Louis de Flores Award (MIT)
- Charles Stark Draper LaboratoryFellowship
- Marine Corps Association Leadership Sword
References
- ^ a b Spacefacts Biography of Kenneth Cameron. Spacefacts. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
- ^ "Kenneth D. Cameron at scouting.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 22, 2011. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
- ^ "The Back Bay Beta: Beta Honors Astronaut Brother" (PDF). Beta-MIT.org. 1991.
This article incorporates public domain material from Astronaut Bio: K. Cameron.
External links
- "Biographical Data:KENNETH D. CAMERON (COLONEL, USMC, RET.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER)" (PDF). NASA. June 2010. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- Astronautix biography of Kenneth D. Cameron
- Spacefacts biography of Kenneth D. Cameron
- Cameron at Spaceacts Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine