Guy Gardner (astronaut)

Guy Gardner (astronaut)

Infobox Astronaut
name =Guy Spence Gardner


type =NASA Astronaut
status =Retired
nationality =American
date_birth =January 6 1948
place_birth =Alta Vista, Virginia
occupation =Test pilot
rank =Colonel, United States Air Force
selection =1980 NASA Group
time =13d 08h 10m
mission =STS-27, STS-35
insignia =

Guy Spence Gardner (born January 6 1948) is a United States Air Force officer and a former astronaut. He holds the rank of Colonel. He flew as pilot on two Space Shuttle missions, STS-27 and STS-35. He is currently the Superintendent of Riverside Military Academy.

Background and education

Gardner was born in Altavista, Virginia, and grew up in Alexandria, Virginia. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America where he achieved its second highest rank, Life Scout. He graduated from George Washington High School in Alexandria, Virginia in 1965; received a bachelor of science degree with majors in astronautics, mathematics, and engineering sciences from the United States Air Force Academy in 1969 and a master of science degree in astronautics from Purdue University in 1970.

Military experience

Gardner completed U.S. Air Force pilot training at Craig Air Force Base, Alabama, and F-4 Phantom II upgrade training at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida in 1971. In 1972, he flew 177 combat missions in Southeast Asia while stationed in Uborn, Thailand. In 1973-74, he was an F-4 instructor and operational pilot at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. He attended the USAF Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California, in 1975, and served as a test pilot at Edwards in 1976. In 1977-78, he was an instructor test pilot at the USAF Test Pilot School. In 1979-1980, he was operations officer of the 1st Test Squadron at Clark Air Base, Philippines.

NASA experience

Gardner was selected as a pilot astronaut by NASA in May 1980. During his 11 years as an astronaut, he worked in many areas of Space Shuttle and Space Station development and support. In 1984, he was assigned as pilot on the first Space Shuttle mission to launch from Vandenberg AFB, California. That mission was later canceled.

Gardner first flew in space as pilot on the crew of STS-27, aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis, on December 2-6, 1988. The mission carried a Department of Defense payload. Gardner next flew as pilot on the crew of STS-35, aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, on December 2-10, 1990. The mission carried the ASTRO-1 astronomy laboratory consisting of three ultraviolet telescopes and one x-ray telescope.

Gardner left NASA in June 1991 to command the USAF Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California. In August 1992, Gardner retired from the Air Force and returned to NASA to direct the joint U.S. and Russian Shuttle-Mir Program.

Awards and honors

Gardner's decorations include the Legion of Merit, Defense Superior Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Defense Distinguished Service Medal, 3 Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf clusters, the Air Medal with 13 oak leaf clusters, and the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement. Gardner was a distinguished graduate of the USAF Academy, the top graduate in pilot training, and the top graduate from the USAF Test Pilot School. He has been awarded the Test Pilot School Outstanding Academic Instructor, the Test Pilot School Outstanding Flying Instructor, and the Distinguished Astronaut Engineering Alumnus award of Purdue University.

External links

* [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/gardner-gs.html NASA biography]
* [http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/gardner_guy.htm Spacefacts biography of Guy Gardner]


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