William G. Gregory
William Gregory | |
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NASA astronaut | |
Rank | Lieutenant Colonel, USAF |
Time in space | 16d 15h 8m |
Selection | NASA Group 13 (1990) |
Missions | STS-67 |
Mission insignia |
William George "Borneo" Gregory (born May 14, 1957) is an American retired NASA astronaut and United States Air Force lieutenant colonel.
Early life and education
Gregory was born in
Career
Between 1981 and 1986, Gregory served as an operational fighter pilot flying the D and F models of the
Gregory retired as a captain at an air cargo carrier based in the U.S.
NASA career
Selected by NASA in January 1990,[2] Gregory became an astronaut in July 1991. Gregory's technical assignments included: Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (SAIL); astronaut office representative for Landing/Rollout, T-38 Flying Safety; Kennedy Space Center Astronaut Support Personnel (ASP); spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) in mission control; astronaut office representative for rendezvous and proximity operations; and Spacecraft Operations Branch Chief. He flew on STS-67 (1995) and has logged 400 hours in space. Gregory retired from the Air Force and left NASA in the Summer of 1999. He served as Vice President of Business Development for Qwaltec, Inc. in Tempe, Arizona, and was an airline pilot for a U.S. based cargo carrier.
Gregory served as the STS-67 pilot on the seven-person astronomical research mission aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Launching from the Kennedy Space Center on March 2, 1995, and landing at Edwards AFB on March 18, 1995, the crew established a new mission duration record of 16 days, 15 hours, 8 minutes and 46 seconds, while completing 262 orbits and traveling nearly seven million miles. This second flight of the ASTRO telescope primary payload also included numerous secondary payloads.[3]
References
- ISBN 0-8156-0808-X. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
the same community founded St. Elia Albanian Orthodox Church, the first such church in the state. Astronaut William Gregory (1957-), an Albanian American from Lockport (Niagara Co), was baptized at St. Elia.
- Houston, Texas: NASA. 90-006 – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Biographical Data: William G. Gregory (LT. Colonel, U.S. Air Force, Ret.) NASA Astronaut (Former)" (PDF). -NASA. February 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2021.