Pailes

William Arthur

USA

International order n°: 186

US astr. n°: 111

Personal data:

Birthdate:	26.06.1952
Birthplace	Hackensack / New Jersey
Marital status	married
Children:	one
Selection date:	00.09.1982
Selection group:
Job:	MSE
Status:	Ret. 00.07.1987

Spaceflights:

N°	Startup spacecraft	Date and time launch (UT)	Status while launch	Spacecraft of landing	Date and time landing (UT)	Duration
1	STS-51J (Atlantis/1)	15h.15m.30s. Oct 03, 1985	PS	STS-51J (Atlantis/1)	17h.01m.13s. Oct 07, 1985	4d.01h.45m.43s.
Total duration:						4d.01h.45m.43s.

Additional information

master of science in computer science; selected in 1982 for MSE-Group-2; applied for 12. NASA-astronaut selection group (not succesfull); later with Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Florida; 1992 - 1995 Director of Defence Information Systems Agency in the Pentagon; resigned from USAF in october 1995.

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