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Born and raised in North Carolina, McArthur attended the United States Military Academy and earned his commission in the United States Army. After serving with the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg, McArthur attended the U.S. Army Aviation School and served tours of duty in Korea and Gerogia (where he earned a degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Georgia). In 1987, McArthur attended the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School and was trained an experimental test pilot. He was assigned to a post as a test engineer at NASA and was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1990. McArthur's first spaceflight was in 1993 aboard STS-58. Subsequent missions included STS-74 in 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 and STS-92This is a mission of the United States Space Shuttle Space Shuttle program Mission Insignia Mission Statistics Mission:STS-92 Shuttle: Discovery Launch Pad:39-A Launch: October 11, 2000, 7:17:00 p. Landing: October 24, 2000 4:59:47 p. EDT Edwards Air Forc in 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri.