Sherwood C. Spring
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | May 19, 1980 ( 9th NASA Group ) |
| Calls: | 1 space flight |
| Begin: | November 27, 1985 |
| Landing: | 3rd December 1985 |
| Time in space: | 6d 21h 4min |
| EVA inserts: | 2 |
| EVA total duration: | 12h 13min |
| retired on | August 1988 |
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Sherwood Clark "Woody" Spring (born September 3, 1944 in Hartford , Connecticut , USA ) is a former American astronaut .
Spring received a bachelor's degree in general engineering from the United States Military Academy (Westpoint) in 1967 and a master's degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Arizona in 1974 .
After graduating from Westpoint, Spring served in the Vietnam War , first from 1968 to 1969 with the 101st Airborne Division and after completing his pilot training from 1970 to 1971 as a helicopter pilot with the 1st US Cavalry Division . On his return he received training on fighter planes and as a test pilot. He then worked as a test pilot for four years at Edwards Air Force Base .
Astronaut activity
In May 1980, Spring was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA. After the Challenger disaster , he was a member of the so-called Kennedy Space Center Tiger Team to help clear up the accident. Then he was until 1988 head of the program for spacewalks .
STS-61-B
On November 27, 1985, Spring started as a mission specialist on the space shuttle Atlantis for its first flight into space . During this mission, the three communications satellites MORELOS-B ( Mexico ), AUSSAT-2 ( Australia ) and SATCOM KU-2 were deployed. During two outboard activities, Spring and fellow astronaut Jerry Ross tried out methods of assembling structural elements in space.
According to NASA
After retiring from NASA in August 1988, Spring headed the Army Space Program Office in Washington DC for five years. In July 1994, he retired from the Army and became a consultant at The Analytical Sciences Corporation in Fairfax, Virginia. He is currently an aerospace consultant with Science Application Corporation in Germantown Maryland.
Private
Sherwood Spring is married with two children.
See also
Web links
- Short biography of Sherwood C. Spring at spacefacts.de
- NASA biography of Sherwood C. Spring (PDF)
- Biography of Sherwood C. Spring in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
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| SURNAME | Spring, Sherwood C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spring, Sherwood Clark; Spring, Woody |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hartford (Connecticut) , Connecticut, USA |