Born 1950s.
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1952
| Born in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.
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1974
| Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, University of Notre Dame. Joined the US Navy.
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1983
| Selected by NASA in Astronauts Group 10. [3] Married Robin DeVore Platt on 26 Mar 1983 in Duval, Florida, USA.[4]
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1990
| Flew on Columbia STS-32 as Pilot with Daniel Brandenstein, Bonnie J. Dunbar, Marsha Ivins and David Low. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his first of 6. [5]
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STS-32
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NASA Space Flight
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1992
| Flew on Columbia STS-52 as Commander with Michael Baker, William Shepherd, Tamara E. Jernigan, Steven MacLean and Charles Veach. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his second of 6. [5]
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STS-52
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NASA Space Flight
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1993
| Awarded the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, his first of 2. [5]
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1994
| Awarded the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, his second of 2. [5]
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1995
| Flew on Discovery STS-63 as Commander with Eileen Collins, Bernard A. Harris Jr, Michael Foale, Vladimir Titov and Janice Voss. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his third of 6. [5]
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STS-63
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NASA Space Flight
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1996
| Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, his first of 4. [5]
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NASA Distinguished Service
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1997
| Flew on Atlantis STS-86 as Commander with Michael J. Bloomfield, Vladimir Titov, Scott Parazynski, Jean-Loup Chrétien, Wendy Lawrence and David Wolf (up). Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his fourth of 6. [5]
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STS-86
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NASA Space Flight
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1998
| Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, his second of 4. [5]
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NASA Distinguished Service
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2001
| Flew on Discovery STS-102 as Commander with James M. Kelly, Andy Thomas, Paul W. Richards, Yury Usachov (up), James Voss (up), Susan Helms (up), Yuri Gidzenko (down), Sergei Krikalev (down) and William Shepherd (down). Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his fifth of 6. [5]
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STS-102
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NASA Space Flight
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2002
| Flew on Endeavour STS-113 as Commander with Paul Lockhart, Michael Lopez-Alegria, John Herrington, Kenneth Bowersox (up), Nikolai Budarin (up) and Donald Pettit (up). Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, his third of 4. [5]
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STS-113
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NASA Distinguished Service
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2003
| Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, his fourth of 4, and the NASA Space Flight Medal, his sixth of 6. [5] Retired from the Navy. During his naval career, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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