William Shepherd
Bill Shepherd | |
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NASA astronaut | |
Rank | Captain, USN |
Time in space | 159d 7h 49min |
Selection | NASA Group 10 (1984) |
Missions | STS-27 STS-41 STS-52 Soyuz TM-31 Expedition 1 STS-102 |
Mission insignia | |
Retirement | August 14, 2002 |
William McMichael "Bill" Shepherd (born July 26, 1949), (
Education and training
Shepherd was born on July 26, 1949, to George R. Shepherd and Barbara Shepherd in
NASA career
When I was little I used to cut up two-by-fours and make little boats. I'm still in the boat-building business. It's just in orbit.
—William M. Shepherd.[5]
After Shepherd was selected for NASA Astronaut Group 10 in 1984,[6] rumors spread that he had answered a standard interview question about what he did best by saying, "kill people with knives"[7] but he later refused to confirm or deny the account, commenting "it's too good a story".[8] He was the first military non-aviator in astronaut training, following his unsuccessful application for NASA Astronaut Group 9 in 1980.[9] In 1986, Shepherd's Navy SEAL training proved unexpectedly useful to NASA as he helped to direct the underwater salvage operations of the Space Shuttle Challenger after its destruction. Shepherd then served as a mission specialist on three Space Shuttle flights: mission STS-27 in 1988,[10] mission STS-41 in 1990,[11] which deployed the Ulysses probe, and mission STS-52 in 1992.[12] He was the first member of NASA Astronaut Group 10 to fly a space mission.
From March 1993 to January 1996, he was assigned to the
Spaceflight experience
STS-27: Atlantis (December 2–6, 1988) Shepherd served with his crewmates on a mission that lasted 105 hours and carried Department of Defense payloads. The mission is noteworthy due to the severe damage Atlantis sustained to its critical heat-resistant tiles during ascent.[14][15][10]
STS-41: Discovery (October 6–10, 1990) during 66 orbits of the Earth, the crew aboard the Orbiter successfully deployed the Ulysses, starting it on a four-year journey (via Jupiter) to investigate the polar regions of the Sun.[11][16]
Shepherd has logged over 159 days in space.[1]
Post-NASA career
Shepherd was next assigned to the staff of Commander,
Organizations
Awards and honors
- Congressional Space Medal of Honor[2]
- NASA's "Steve Thorne" Aviation Award
- 2004 inductee into the International Space Hall of Fame[21]
- 2009 inductee into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.[22]
- Honorary Naval Aviator[23]
- Fédération Aéronautique Internationale V. M. Komarov Diploma[24]
- Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) Yuri Gagarin Gold Medal[25]
- Spirit of St Louis Medal[26]
- Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy[27]
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"[28]
- In 2009, the International Space Station Program team, which Capt. Shepherd led both on the ground, and in space, was awarded the Collier Trophy.[29]
References
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It's just too good a story to deny,
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