William A. Pailes Astronaut

William Arthur Pailes (Colonel, USAF) (born June 26, 1952) was a USAF astronaut in the Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program during the mid-1980s. He served as a Payload Specialist on STS-51-J Atlantis (October 3–7, 1985).

Personal facts

William A. Pailes
Birth dateJune 26, 1952
Birth place
Hackensack New Jersey

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Astronaut

missions
STS-51-J
selection
List of astronauts by year of selection
statusRetired
Time in space4 days 1 hours 44 minutes

William A. Pailes on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/pailes-wa.html
  2. http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/pailes_william.htm