The Astronauts Cookbook by Charles Bourland & Gregory Vogt

Author:Charles Bourland & Gregory Vogt [Bourland, Charles & Vogt, Gregory]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: IB Dave's Library
Published: 2010-05-14T07:00:00+00:00

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Meet the Astronaut: Gerald Carr, Skylab 4 (84 days)

Colonel Gerald Carr received a bachelor’s degree in

Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern

California in 1954, a Bachelor of Science degree in

Aeronautical Engineering from the US Naval Postgraduate

School in 1961, and a Master of Science degree in

Aeronautical Engineering from Princeton University in

1962. He received flight training at Pensacola, Florida, and Kingsville, Texas, and was then assigned to Marine AllWeather-Fighter-Squadron 114, where he gained experience in the F-9 and the F-6A Skyray. After postgraduate training, he served with Marine All-Weather-Fighter-Squadron 122

from 1962 to 1965, piloting the F-8 Crusader in the United States and the Far East. Colonel Carr was one of 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. Colonel Carr was the commander of Skylab 4 (third and final manned visit to the Skylab Orbital Workshop) launched November 16, 1973,

and concluded February 8, 1974. This was the longest

manned flight (84 days, 1 hour, 15 minutes) in the history of US manned space exploration at that time.

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