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William Arthur Pailes (Major, USAF) (born June 26, 1952) was a NASA astronaut in the Space Shuttle program during the mid-1980's. He served as a Payload Specialist on STS-51-J Atlantis ( October 3- 7, 1985).

1 Personal data

Pailes was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, but considers Kinnelon, New Jersey, to be his hometown. He is married and is a former deacon and treasurer of his church in El Segundo, California.

2 Education

1970: Graduated from Kinnelon High School, Kinnelon, New Jersey
1974: Received a bachelor of science degree in computer science, USAF Academy, Colorado Springs, ColoradoColorado Springs is a middle-sized city, located just east of the geographic center of the state of Colorado in the United States. It has a population of 360,890 (according to the 2000 census) and is the second largest city in Colorado. At elevation 6,035
1974- 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i: Attended pilot training at Williams Air Force BaseWilliams Air Force Base southeast of Mesa, Arizona was the leading pilot training facility of the United States Air Force. The United States Army Air Corps broke ground for its Advance Flying School there on July 16, 1941. The base was closed in 1993 and, ArizonaArizona was the 48th state admitted to the United States and is part of the Southwest United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, south and east of the Colorado River, bordering New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California and Mexico. Its major cities ar; trained as a HC-130The HC-130P/N is an extended-range, combat search and rescue version of the C-130 Hercules transport. Its mission is extend the range of combat search and rescue helicopters by providing air refueling. Secondary mission capabilities include performing tac rescue pilot in the Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service
1978Events January January 1 The Copyright Act of 1976 takes effect, making sweeping changes to United States copyright law. January 1 Air India's Boeing 747 explodes near Bombay 213 dead. January 4 Referendum in Chile supports policies of Augusto Pinochet.: Attended Squadron Officer School
1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D: Received a master of science degree in computer science, Texas A&M UniversityTexas A&M University is a land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant institution located in College Station, Texas. The university is centrally located, approximately equidistant from three of the 10 largest cities in the United States ( Houston, Dallas and Sa

3 Experience

December 1975 to July 1980 McClellan Air Force Base , California, and Royal Air Force Base, Woodbridge, England . HC-130 pilot in Air Force Rescue.

January 1982 to December 1982 Headquarters Military Airlift Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Manager, mini-computer operating systems software development.

January 1983 to Present USAF Manned Spaceflight Engineering Program, Los Angeles Air Force Station , California. Manned Spaceflight Engineer.

4 Space flight experience

Pailes flew on STS-51-J Atlantis ( October 3- 7, 1985) which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and returned to land at Edwards Air Force Base, California. STS-51-J was the second Space Shuttle Department of Defense mission. It was also the maiden voyage of the Atlantis, the final Orbiter in the Shuttle fleet. At the conclusion of the mission, Pailes had traveled over 1.6 million miles in 98 Earth orbits and logged more than 97 hours in space.

OCTOBER 1985

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