Imię i nazwisko | Gary Payton |
Data urodzenia | 20.06.1948 |
Narodowość | USA |
Agencja Kosmiczna | United States Air Force (USAF) |
Status | Na emeryturze |
Typ astronauty | Rządowa agencja |
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Payton_(astrona |
STS-51C
Colonel Gary Eugene Payton, USAF, (born June 20, 1948) is an American former astronaut. Payton flew on the STS-51-C mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in January 1985 which launched and returned to land at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. STS-51C was the first dedicated Space Shuttle Department of Defense mission. Payton traveled over 1.2 million miles in 48 Earth orbits, and logged more than 73 hours in space.