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Nigel Richard Wood British Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 21 July 1949.

Personal: Male. Born in York, UK. Royal Air Force Bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering. Royal Air Force Pilot of the Royal Air Force. Test pilot.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: Payload Specialist. Inactive Entered space service: 25 February 1984. Left space service: January 1986. Selected about April 1985 to fly on the British Skynet Program.

Joined the publicity team of the Royal Air Force. Then stationed at Ministry of Defense. Later chief test pilot, Boscombe Down.

Wood Nigel Chronology

1986 June - STS-61-H (cancelled). Planned shuttle mission for deployment of commercial communications satellites. Cancelled after Challenger disaster.

Bibliography:

Becker, Joachim, http://www.spacefacts.de/, "Space Facts Web Site", Web Address when accessed: http://www.spacefacts.de/.

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