Frederick D. Gregory

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Frederick Gregory
Frederick Gregory
Country: United States
Organization: NASA
selected on January 16, 1978
( 8th NASA Group )
Calls: 3 space flights
Start of the
first space flight: 		April 29, 1985
Landing of the
last space flight: 		1st December 1991
Time in space: 18d 23h 4min
retired on April 1992
Space flights

Frederick Drew Gregory (born January 7, 1941 in Washington, DC ) is a retired American astronaut . He was acting administrator of NASA for a short time in early 2005.

Life

Gregory received a bachelor's degree from the United States Air Force Academy in 1964 and a master's in information systems from George Washington University in 1977 .

In 1964, Gregory began his helicopter pilot training at Stead Air Force Base . From June 1966 to July 1967 he was used as a helicopter pilot for 550 combat missions in the Vietnam War. In January 1968, he completed training on the T-38 jet aircraft at Randolph Air Force Base . After being stationed as an F-4 Phantom fighter pilot in Arizona, he attended the US Naval Test Pilot School from September 1970. After training as a test pilot, he was used from June 1971 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio in tests of fighter jets and helicopters. In June 1974 Gregory came to NASA's Langley Research Center , where he also worked as a test pilot.

Astronaut activity

Gregory was selected by NASA as a candidate astronaut in January 1978. He was used as a representative of the astronaut office at the Kennedy Space Center during tests and for the launch support of the first two space shuttle missions STS-1 and STS-2 . He was Senior Liaison Officer ( CAPCOM ), Head of Operational Safety at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC, Head of Astronaut Training and a member of the Orbiter Configuration Control Board and the Space Shuttle Program Control Board .

Gregory was an Associate Administrator in the Safety and Mission Assurance Office at NASA Headquarters from 1992 to 2001 and was an Associate Administrator for the Office of Space Flight from 2001 to 2002 . On August 12, 2002, he was sworn in as NASA deputy administrator. In the period from the departure of NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe on February 20, 2005 to the swearing-in of his successor Michael Griffin on April 14, 2005, Gregory took over the office of NASA administrator. He then returned to the position of deputy administrator, but submitted his resignation on September 9th. On November 29, 2005, he was replaced by Shana Dale .

STS-51-B

On April 29, 1985, Gregory flew into space for the first time as a pilot of the space shuttle Challenger . The mission's payload consisted of the Spacelab of the European Space Agency (ESA). 15 experiments were carried out, mainly to investigate liquids and materials in weightless space. Two monkeys and 24 rodents were also on board for biological studies. 14 experiments were successfully carried out. The science satellite NUSAT was also suspended.

STS-33

Gregory's second space flight was in command of Discovery ( STS-33 ). The launch was on November 22, 1989. A US Department of Defense satellite was suspended during the flight . After 79 orbits , the Discovery returned to Edwards Air Force Base on November 27th.

STS-44

On November 24, 1991, Gregory started as the commander of the space shuttle Atlantis for the STS-44 mission . It was a mission for the Department of Defense. The non-secret payload contained, among other military experiments, a DSP satellite and its upper stage engine to lift the satellite into higher orbit.

Private

Frederick Gregory is married with two children.

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Commons : Frederick D. Gregory  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Gregory, Frederick D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gregory, Frederick Drew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronaut
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC