Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 01.05.1925 |
| Birthplace: | Boulder / Colorado |
| Marital status: | divorced |
| Children: | eight |
| Selection date: | 02.04.1959 |
| Selection group: | NASA-1 |
| Position: | PLT |
| Status: | Ret. 10.08.1967 |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Mercury 7 | PLT | 24.05.1962 | 4h 56m |
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Backup assignments
| No. | Mission | Position |
| 1 | Mercury 6 | Pilot |
Additional information
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Commander,
USN, Ret.; testpilot;
Bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering from the University of
Colorado, 1949; resigned from
NASA
on 10.08.1967; then he participated as an aquanaut in the U.S. Navy's SEALAB II
project; he also worked as engineering consultant and novelist. Two of his
eight children are from a second marriage and one more is from his third
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