William Shepherd
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William McMichael Shepherd,, is an American former Navy SEAL, aerospace, ocean, and mechanical engineer, and NASA astronaut, who served as commander of Expedition 1, the first crew on the Internationa
William Shepherd
Shepherd during Soyuz winter survival training in March 1998 near Star City, Russia
William Shepherd on the ISS as commander of Expedition 1
Shepherd, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak after Shepherd was awarded the Russian Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration", December 2, 2016
STS-52
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STS-52 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Space Shuttle Columbia, launched on October 22, 1992.
William Shepherd
…as a mission specialist on three Space Shuttle flights: mission STS-27 in 1988, mission STS-41 in 1990, which deployed the Ulysses probe, and mission STS-52 in 1992. He was the first member of NASA Astronaut Group 10 to fly a space mission. From March 1993 to January 1996, he was assigned to the International…
Columbia's payload bay, with the LAGEOS 2 satellite being deployed.
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Liftoff
Space Shuttle Columbia lands following STS 62 on 18 March 1994.