Thomas Patten “Tom” Stafford ( born Thomas Patten “Tom” Stafford ; born September 17, 1930 , Weatherford, Oklahoma ) is an American astronaut .
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 NASA Astronaut | ||||||
| A country |  USA | |||||
| Specialty | Fighter pilot, test pilot | |||||
| Military rank |  Lieutenant general (  Air Force ) | |||||
| Expeditions |  Gemini 6A ( 1965 ), Gemini-9A ( 1966 ), Apollo 10 ( 1969 ), Union - Apollo ( 1975 ) | |||||
| Time in space | 21 d 03 h 42 m | |||||
| Date of Birth | September 17, 1930 (88 years old) | |||||
| Place of Birth | Weatherford, Oklahoma , USA | |||||
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Biography
Stafford was born on September 17, 1930 . In 1952, he received a bachelor of science degree with honors from the United States Naval Academy and began serving in the US Air Force as second lieutenant. After the initial flight training, he was trained as an interceptor pilot. Graduated with honors from the school of test pilots. It was selected by NASA in September 1962, in the second squad of astronauts .
He is one of the 24 people who flew to the Moon (as part of the Apollo 10 expedition), but he did not land on it.
In 1969 and 1970, Stafford was awarded the NASA Medal of Excellence .
He participated in space missions under the Gemini-6A , Gemini-9A programs, and was a commander in the Apollo 10 and Apollo missions under the Soyuz Apollo program .
After flying into space, he worked at the Air Force flight test center until his retirement in 1979 [1] .
Mason , Member of Western Star Lodge No. 138, Oklahoma [2] .
Personal life
From his first marriage to Fay, Shoemaker has two daughters - Dion Kay and Karin Elaine. From the second marriage with Linda, Ann Dishman - two sons - Michael Thomas and Stanislav, whom the couple adopted in an orphanage in Fryanovo near Moscow [3] . Linda has two children from a previous marriage - Cassie Niring and Mark Hill. Hobbies: hunting, sailing, weightlifting, swimming.
Rewards
- Order of Friendship ( Russia , April 9, 2018 ) - for a great contribution to the development of cooperation in the field of space between the Russian Federation and the United States of America [4]
- Medal "For Merits in Space Exploration" ( Russia , April 12, 2011 ) - for his great contribution to the development of international cooperation in the field of manned space exploration [5] .
- Included in the Astronaut Hall of Fame .
Notes
- ↑ Stafford . astronautix.com. Date of treatment February 6, 2019.
- ↑ Masonic Astronauts . Freemason Information (1 March 2015). Date of treatment February 6, 2019.
- ↑ Leonov, 2017 .
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of April 9, 2018 No. 149 “On awarding foreign citizens with state awards of the Russian Federation”
- ↑ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of April 12, 2011 No. 437 “On awarding the medal“ For Merits in Space Exploration of “Foreign Citizens”
Literature
- Leonov A. A. Time of the first. My fate is myself .... - M .: AST , 2017 .-- 320 p. - ISBN 978-5-17-103022-3 .
Links
- Thomas P. Stafford Oral History . historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov. Circulation date May 3, 2019.
- Thomas P. Stafford . NASA (March 2014). - Biography on the NASA website. Date of treatment July 12, 2015. Archived on February 20, 2017.