William S. McArthur Astronaut

William Surles McArthur, Jr. (born 26 July 1951) is a retired United States Army Colonel, a NASA astronaut, and a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one expedition to the International Space Station via the Russian Soyuz capsule.

Personal facts

William S. McArthur
Birth dateJuly 26, 1951
Birth place
North Carolina , Laurinburg North Carolina

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Astronaut

missions
STS-58
STS-74
STS-92
Soyuz TMA-7
Expedition 12
selection
List of astronauts by year of selection
statusActive
Time in space224 days 22 hours 18 minutes

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William S. McArthur on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition12/index.html
  2. http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/mcarthur_william.htm
  3. http://www.strath.ac.uk/features/universityday