Fred Gregory
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Fred Gregory

Col Fred D. Gregory
Born 1940s.
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Biography

Frederick Drew Gregory (Col, USAF, Ret.), is a former United States Air Force pilot, military engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut as well as former NASA Deputy Administrator.

1941 Born in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
abt 1964 Married Barbara Ann Archer.
1964 Son Frederick Drew Gregory is born. Bachelor of Science, United States Air Force Academy. During his Air Force career, he was awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal, three Distinguished Flying Crosses, sixteen Air Medals and three Legion of Merits.
Defense
Superior Service
Distinguished
Flying Cross
Air Medal
Legion
of Merit
1977 Master of Science in Information Systems, George Washington University.
1978 Selected by NASA in Astronauts Group 8. [1]
1985 Flew on Challenger STS-51-B as Pilot with Robert Overmyer, Don Lind, Norman Thagard, William E. Thornton, Lodewijk van den Berg and Taylor Wang. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his first of 3. [2]
STS-51-B
NASA
Space Flight
1989 Flew on Discovery STS-33 as Commander with John Blaha, Sonny Carter, Story Musgrave and Kathryn Thornton. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his second of 3. [2]
STS-33
NASA
Space Flight
1990 Awarded the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, his first of 2. [2]
1991 Flew on Atlantis STS-44 as Commander with Terence Henricks, James Voss, Story Musgrave, Mario Runco Jr and Thomas Hennen. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his third of 3. [2]
STS-44
NASA
Space Flight
1992 Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. [2]
NASA
Distinguished
Service
1993 Retired from the Air Force as Colonel.
2000 Awarded the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, his second of 2. [2]
2004 Inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame. [3]
2005 Resigned from NASA.
2008 Wife Barbara Ann died.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia List of Astronauts, by Year
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Agency Awards Historical Recipient List
  3. Hall of Fame Bio

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