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Ross was born and raised in Crown Point, Indiana and studied at Purdue University while earning his commission in the United States Air Force through the university's ROTC program. He participated in engine design studies before training as a test pilot and working on the B-1 aircraft. Ross began working at Johnson Space Center in 1979 and was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1980. He has flown on missions STS-61-B ( 1985), STS-27Mission Insignia Mission Statistics Mission:STS-27 Shuttle: Atlantis Launch Pad:39-B Launch:December 2, 1988,9:30:34 a. EST Landing:December 6, 1988,3:36:11 p. PST Duration:4 days, 9 hours,5 minutes, 37 seconds Orbit Altitude:Classified Orbit Inclination: ( 19881988 is a leap year starting on Friday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 2 Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 Australia celebrates its bicentennial day.), STS-37Mission Insignia Mission Statistics Mission:STS-37 Shuttle: Atlantis Launch Pad:39-B Launch: April 5, 1991, 9:22:44 a. Landing: April 11, 1991, 6:55:29 a. PDT, Runway 22, Edwards AFB, Calif. Duration:5 days, 23 hours, 32 minutes, 44 seconds. Orbit Altitud ( 19911991 like 2002, is a palindromic year. It also has the same calendar as 2002, including Easter on March 31. It is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 2 Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first blac), STS-55Mission Insignia Mission Statistics Mission:STS-55 Shuttle: Columbia Launch Pad: 39-A Launch: April 26, 1993, 10:50 a. Landing: May 6, 1993, 10:30 a. Edwards AFB Runway 22 Duration: 9 days, 23 hours, 39 minutes, 59 seconds. Orbit Altitude:163 nautical mil ( 19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic.), STS-74STS-74 is a Space Shuttle program mission. Space Shuttle program Mission Insignia Mission Statistics Mission:STS-74 Shuttle: Atlantis Launch Pad: 39-A Launch: November 12, 1995 at 7:30:43. Landing: KSC November 20, 1995 at 12:01:27 pm EST on Runway 33. ( 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja), STS-88 ( 1998), and STS-110 ( 2002).