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Wright, Keith Charles

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Wright
Wright
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American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1985. Director, Satellite Control Facility in Sunnyvale. Later with Sparta Corporation, El Segundo, California.

Bachelor of science in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, 1969.

More at: Wright, Keith.

Family
Astronaut
Country
USA
Flights
STS-10
Agency
USAF
Bibliography
4452, 6227

Chronology

3 events

1947 August 31

  • Birth of Keith Charles Wright - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Wright, Keith. American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1985. Director, Satellite Control Facility in Sunnyvale. Later with Sparta Corporation, El Segundo, California..

1979 August 1

  • DoD Astronaut Training Group 1 selected. - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Casserino, Detroye, Hamel, Higbee, Joseph, Lydon, Payton, Rij, Sefchek, Sundberg, Vidrine, Watterson, Wright, Keith.

    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