William A. Pailes

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William Pailes
William Pailes
Country: United States
selected on September 1, 1982
( 2nd MSE selection )
Calls: 1 space flight
Begin: 3rd October 1985
Landing: October 7, 1985
Time in space: 4d 1h 44min
retired on July 1987
Space flights

William Arthur Pailes (born June 26, 1952 in Hackensack , New Jersey , USA ) is a former American astronaut .

Pailes received a bachelor's degree in computer science from the United States Air Force Academy in 1974 and a master's degree in computer science from Texas A&M University in 1981 .

In 1974 Pailes completed his pilot training with the United States Air Force . After stationing in Arizona, California, Great Britain and Illinois, he joined the Air Force's Manned Spaceflight Engineering Program (MSE) at Edwards Air Force Base in January 1983 .

STS-51-J

On October 3, 1985, Pailes flew as a payload specialist on the maiden flight of the space shuttle Atlantis . The mission was to deploy two military DSCS III communications satellites. These were brought into geostationary orbit using an IUS rocket stage .

According to NASA

Pailes applied in vain for the twelfth NASA astronaut group and then left NASA in July 1987. He was then stationed with the Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Florida. From 1992 to 1995 he was director of the Defense Information Systems Agency at the Pentagon. In October 1995 he resigned from the Air Force. Since August 2002 he has been an instructor in the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) in Corsicana, Texas.

Private

William Pailes is married with one child.

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Commons : William A. Pailes  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
personal data
SURNAME Pailes, William A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pailes, William Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American astronaut
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Hackensack (New Jersey) , New Jersey, USA