John Oliver Creighton
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | January 16, 1978 ( 8th NASA Group ) |
| Calls: | 3 space flights |
| Start of the first space flight: |
June 17, 1985 |
| Landing of the last space flight: |
September 18, 1991 |
| Time in space: | 16d 20h 24min |
| retired on | July 15, 1992 |
| Space flights | |
John Oliver Creighton (born April 28, 1943 in Orange , Texas ) is a retired American astronaut .
education
John Creighton received a bachelor's degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1966 and a master's degree in Administration of Science and Technology from George Washington University in 1978 .
In 1966 he went to the US Navy and was trained as a naval aviator. He was stationed on the aircraft carrier USS Ranger and flew combat missions in the Vietnam War . From June 1970 he completed his training as a test pilot and then worked in development for the engines of the F-14 fighter jet . From July 1973 he was stationed for four years on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in the Western Pacific.
Astronaut activity
In January 1978, Creighton was selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate. After completing his training as a shuttle pilot, he worked for four years in various areas within the space shuttle program. After his first flight, he became the astronaut spokesman for the shuttle program manager. During the following two years he participated in the plan for the resumption of shuttle flights after the Challenger disaster . Starting with STS-26 , he was the chief liaison officer ( CAPCOM ) for the first four shuttle flights. He headed the Mission Support Branch in the astronauts office and later the Operations Development Branch.
STS-51-G
Creighton flew into space for the first time on June 17, 1985 as the pilot of the space shuttle Discovery . In this communication satellites for Mexico ( Morelos ), the Arab League ( Arabsat ) and the US ( AT & T Telstar ) suspended. In addition, the SPARTAN satellite was released and caught again after 17 hours with the robot arm .
STS-36
On February 28, 1990, Creighton launched into space for the second time as commander of the space shuttle Atlantis . A secret US Air Force satellite was dropped into low orbit from where this digital reconnaissance satellite was supposed to monitor most of the earth's surface.
STS-48
On September 12, 1991, Creighton launched into space as the commander of the space shuttle Discovery . During this five-day mission, the UARS satellite was deployed to explore the upper atmosphere . The 6.5 ton satellite performed one of the most detailed studies of the earth's atmosphere, including the ozone layer .
According to NASA
After leaving NASA in July 1992, Creighton became a test pilot at Boeing .
See also
Web links
- Short biography of John Oliver Creighton at spacefacts.de
- NASA biography of John Oliver Creighton (English; PDF)
- Biography of John Oliver Creighton in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
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| SURNAME | Creighton, John Oliver |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orange , Texas |