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C. Gordon Fullerton

C. Gordon Fullerton

C. Gordon Fullerton is an astronaut from United States of America affiliated with the government agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration, embarked on 2 space flights and engaging in 0 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.

Charles Gordon Fullerton was a United States Air Force colonel, a USAF and NASA astronaut, and a research pilot at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, California.[1] His assignments included a variety of flight research and support activities piloting NASA's B-52 launch aircraft, the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), and other multi-engine and high performance aircraft. Fullerton, who logged more than 380 hours in space flight, was a NASA astronaut from September 1969 until November 1986 when he joined the research pilot office at Dryden. In July 1988, he completed a 30-year career with the U.S. Air Force and retired as a colonel. He continued in his position of NASA research pilot as a civilian. Fullerton and his wife and their two children lived in Lancaster, California.

  • Date of Birth: 10/11/1936
  • Date of Death: 08/21/2013
  • Status: Deceased
  • First Flight: 03/22/1982
  • Last Flight: 07/29/1985
  • In Space: No

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