John S. Bull

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John Bull
John Bull
Country: United StatesUnited States United States
Organization: National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA NASA
selected on April 4, 1966
( 5th NASA Group )
retired on July 16, 1968

John Sumter Bull (born September 25, 1934 in Memphis , State of Tennessee , † August 11, 2008 in South Lake Tahoe , California ) was an American aspiring astronaut .

Bull received a 1957 bachelor in mechanical engineering from Rice University , in 1971 a master and in 1973 his doctorate , both in aeronautical engineering from Stanford University .

Bull entered active service in the Navy in June 1957 and received his pilot training in Kingsville, Texas . After stationing at Naval Air Station in Miramar ( California ) and on the aircraft carriers USS Ranger , USS Hancock and USS Kitty Hawk in the Western Pacific, he completed his training as a test pilot at the US Naval Test Pilot School in February 1964.

Astronaut activity

In April 1966, Bull was selected as a candidate astronaut by NASA. He served as a member of the Apollo 8 support teams and as a team leader during the lunar module tests in the vacuum chamber. After learning that he was suffering from a lung disease, Bull resigned from the astronaut corps in 1968.

After studying at Stanford, Bull returned to NASA. From 1973 to 1985 he worked at NASA's Ames Research Center , where he carried out simulations and flight tests with newly developed aircraft and helicopters. From 1986 until leaving NASA in 1989, he was involved in research programs for autonomous space technologies.

Private

John Bull left behind his wife and two children.

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personal data
SURNAME Bull, John S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bull, John Sumter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronaut
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Memphis , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 2008
Place of death South Lake Tahoe , California