Frederick D. Gregory
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Frederick Drew Gregory is a former United States Air Force pilot, military engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut as well as former NASA deputy administrator. He also served briefly as NASA acting a
Col. Frederick D. Gregory
Astronaut candidates Ron McNair, Guy Bluford, and Fred Gregory wearing Apollo spacesuits, May 1978
Ronald McNair, Guy Bluford and Fred Gregory from the class of 1978 were the first three African Americans to go to space.
During his time at NASA
STS-51-B
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STS-51-B was the 17th flight of the NASA Space Shuttle program and the seventh flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. The launch of Challenger on April 29, 1985, was delayed by 2 minutes and 18 seconds,
Frederick D. Gregory
…CAPCOM during the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. A veteran of three Shuttle missions he has logged about 456 hours in space. He served as pilot on STS-51B (April 29 to May 6, 1985), and was the spacecraft commander on STS-33 (November 22–27, 1989), and STS-44 (November 24 to December 1, 1991). STS-51B/Spacelab-3…
Overmyer, Lind, Van den Berg, and Thornton in Spacelab Module LM1 during flight
Standing: Lind, Wang, Thagard, Thornton and Van den Berg Sitting: Overmyer and GregorySpace Shuttle program← STS-51-D (16)STS-51-G (18) →
Launch of STS-51-B
Overmyer using a treadmill on Challenger's middeck.