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Shepherd, William McMichael
Shepherd
Shepherd
Credit: www.spacefacts.de
American engineer mission specialist astronaut 1984-2002. Shepherd was an ex-Navy SEAL and an expert in underwater demolition.

Status: Inactive; Active 1984-2002. Born: 1949-07-26. Spaceflights: 4 . Total time in space: 159.33 days. Birth Place: Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Official NASA Biography as of June 2016:William M. Shepherd (Captain, USN, Ret.)
NASA Astronaut (former)

PERSONAL DATA: Born July 26, 1949, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, but considers Babylon, New York his hometown.  Married to Beth Stringham of Houston, Texas.  He enjoys sailing, swimming, and working in his garage.  His mother, Mrs. Barbara Shepherd, resides in Bethesda, Maryland.  His father, Mr. George R. Shepherd, is deceased.

EDUCATION: Graduated from Arcadia High School, Scottsdale, Arizona, in 1967; received a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1971, and the degrees of ocean engineer and master of science in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978.

ORGANIZATIONS: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

SPECIAL HONORS: Recipient of NASA’s "Steve Thorne" Aviation Award.

EXPERIENCE: Shepherd was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1971, and has served with the Navy’s Underwater Demolition Team ELEVEN, SEAL Teams ONE and TWO, and Special Boat Unit TWENTY.

NASA EXPERIENCE: Selected by NASA in May 1984.  A veteran of four space flights, Shepherd has logged over 159 days in space.  Most recently, he was the Commander of the Expedition-1 crew on the International Space Station (October 31, 2000 to March 21, 2001).  Earlier he made three flights as a mission specialist on STS-27 (December 2-6, 1988), STS-41 (October 6-10, 1990) and STS-52 (October 22 to November 1, 1992).  From March 1993 to January 1996, Shepherd was assigned to the Space Station Program and served in various management positions.

Shepherd left NASA in January of 2002 to pursue private interests.

JANUARY 2002


NASA Official Biography

NAME: William M. Shepherd (Captain, USN)
NASA Astronaut

PERSONAL DATA:
Born July 26, 1949, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, but considers Babylon, New York his hometown. Married to Beth Stringham of Houston, Texas. He enjoys sailing, swimming, and working in his garage. His mother, Mrs. Barbara Shepherd, resides in Bethesda, Maryland. His father, Mr. George R. Shepherd, is deceased.

EDUCATION:
Graduated from Arcadia High School, Scottsdale, Arizona, in 1967; received a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1971, and the degrees of ocean engineer and master of science in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978.

ORGANIZATIONS:
Member of the U.S. Naval Institute and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

SPECIAL HONORS:
Recipient of NASA's "Steve Thorne" Aviation Award.

EXPERIENCE:
Shepherd was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1971, and has served with the Navy's Underwater Demolition Team ELEVEN, SEAL Teams ONE and TWO, and Special Boat Unit TWENTY.

NASA EXPERIENCE:
Selected by NASA in May 1984. He made three flights as a mission specialist and logged 440 hours in space. From November 1993 to January 1996, Shepherd served as Deputy Manager, Space Station Program. He is currently training in Russia and is scheduled to be the first U.S. astronaut to work aboard the International Space Station.

On his first flight, STS-27 (December 2-6, 1988), Shepherd served on the crew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The mission lasted 105 hours and carried Department of Defense payloads.

On STS-41 (October 6-10, 1990), during 66 orbits of the Earth, the crew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery successfully deployed the Ulysses spacecraft, starting it on a four-year journey (via Jupiter) to investigate the polar regions of the Sun.

Shepherd flew a third mission, STS-52 (October 22 - November 1, 1992), aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. The 10-day mission deployed the Laser Geodynamic Satellite (LAGEOS), and conducted U.S. microgravity payload experiments.

CURRENT ASSIGNMENT:
Shepherd is scheduled to be the first U.S. astronaut to work aboard the International Space Station, and is currently training in Russia. A three person crew will be launched to the Space Station aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan in January 1999.

JUNE 1997

Characteristics

Departed Date: 2002-08-14. Marital Status: Married. Childhood: Grew up in Babylon, New York.. Education: Annapolis;MIT.


More at: Shepherd.

Family: Astronaut. Country: USA. Spacecraft: ISS. Flights: STS-27, STS-41, STS-52, Soyuz TM-31, STS-102, STS-102 ISS EO-2. Projects: STS. Agency: USN. Bibliography: 12, 4457, 6025.

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