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Personal: Male. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. US Air Force Bachelor of science in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, 1969. US Air Force Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: DoD Group 1 - 1979. Inactive Entered space service: August 1979. Left space service: May 1985. Director, Satellite Control Facility in Sunnyvale. Later with Sparta Corporation, El Segundo, California.
Wright Chronology 1 August 1979 - DoD Astronaut Training Group 1 selected.. The group was selected to provide shuttle manned spaceflight engineers to operate military payloads.. Qualifications: USAF, Navy, or Army officers with bachelor's degree in science or engineering; four years experience in flying or space-related activities. Vision minimum 20/150 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20. Maximum sitting blood pressure of 140/90. Height between 150 and 193 cm.. 13 were selected from 222 candidates. The existence of the group was secret until 1985. 1983 November - STS-10 (cancelled). Planned Department of Defense shuttle mission. Cancelled due to payload delays. Bibliography:
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