Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
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Personal data
| Birthdate: | 16.03.1932 |
| Birthplace: | Creston / Iowa |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 17.10.1963 |
| Selection group: | NASA-3 |
| Position: | LMP |
| Status: | Ret. 01.08.1971 |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | Apollo 7 | LMP | 11.10. - 22.10.1968 | 10d 20h 08m |
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| Total | 10d 20h 08m | |||
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Additional information
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Bachelor of arts in physics, 1960 and a master
of arts in physics from
UCLA,
1961; Colonel, USMC, ret.; was a
fighter pilot, with 4500 hours of flight; he resigned from
NASA
on 01.08.1971 to serve with the "Capital Group", later President Acorn
Ventures, Inc. and Managing General Partner, The Genesis Fund; hobbies: Sports,
hunting, tennis; he published a book of his experiences as an astronaut, "The
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