Paul Lockhart

Infobox Astronaut
name =Paul Scott Lockhart


type =Astronaut
nationality =American
date_birth =April 28, 1956
date_death =
place_birth =Amarillo, Texas
place_death =
occupation =Test pilot
rank =Colonel, USAF
selection =1996 NASA Group
time =27d 15h 23m
mission =STS-111, STS-113
insignia =|

Paul Scott "Paco" Lockhart, Colonel U.S.Air Force, (born 28 April 1956) is a former American astronaut and a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions.

Lockhart, born and raised in Amarillo, Texas, earned degrees in mathematics and aerospace engineering from Texas Tech University and the University of Texas at Austin before being commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1981. A test pilot for the F-16 aircraft, Lockhart was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1996. Lockhart's two space missions, STS-111 and STS-113, both in 2002, were missions to the International Space Station. Was assigned to STS-113 as pilot after the resignation of Christopher Loria from the NASA Astronaut Corps due to an injury.

After his service with NASA, Lockhart was assigned to and graduated from the Air War College in London, United Kingdom. His last military assignment was with the headquarters Air Force, A9, where he was a directorate chief for both the force structures and the analyses and assessments branch. Lockhart retired from the U.S. Air Force in January 2007 and returned to NASA in an administrative position.

External links

* [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/lockhart.html NASA Biography]
* [http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/lockhart_paul.htm Spacefacts biography of Paul Lockhart]

Paul S Lockhart attended the Royal College of Defence School in London, England in 2004. He did not attend the Air War College in London, England.