John Oliver Creighton

  • STS -51- G (1985)
  • STS -36 (1990 )
  • STS -48 ( 1991)

John Oliver Creighton ( born April 28, 1943 in Orange, State of Texas, USA ) is a former American astronaut.

Creighton received a bachelor's degree in 1966 from the United States Naval Academy in 1978 and a Masters in Administration of Science and Technology from George Washington University.

Creighton was commissioned in 1966 for the United States Navy and was trained there to naval aviation. He was stationed on the aircraft carrier USS Ranger and flew combat missions in the Vietnam War. As of June 1970, he trained as a test pilot, and then worked in development for the engines of the F -14 fighter jets. As of July 1973, he was stationed four years on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in the Western Pacific.

Astronauts activity

In January 1978, Creighton was selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate. After training as a shuttle pilot, he spent four years in various areas within the Space Shuttle program. After his first flight, the astronauts spokesman for the shuttle program manager was. During the following two years he participated in the plan for the resumption of shuttle flights after the Challenger disaster. Starting with STS -26 was a senior spokesman connection ( CAPCOM ) for the first four shuttle flights. He led the Mission Support Branch in the Astronaut Office and later the Operations Development Branch.

STS -51- G

Creighton flew on 17 June 1985 as a pilot of the space shuttle Discovery for the first time into space. In this communication satellites for Mexico ( Morelos ), the Arab League ( Arabsat ) and the U.S. (AT & T Telstar ) exposed. In addition, the SPARTAN satellite was launched and collected after 17 hours on the robot arm again.

STS -36

On February 28, 1990 Creighton started as commander of the space shuttle Atlantis for the second time into space. It was a secret satellite of the U.S. Air Force suspended in a low orbit, from where this digital reconnaissance satellite should monitor most of the earth's surface.

STS -48

On 12 September 1991 Creighton started as commander of the space shuttle Discovery into space. In this five- day mission, the UARS satellite was exposed to research the upper atmosphere. The 6.5 -tonne satellite led by one of the most detailed studies of the Earth's atmosphere, including the ozone layer.

According to the NASA

After retiring from NASA in July 1992, Creighton became a test pilot at Boeing.

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