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Terence T. Henricks

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missions and pilot of two others, Henricks became the first person to log over 1,000 hours as a Space Shuttle pilot/commander. Tom Henricks left government service in November 1997 to pursue a career in business. He held the position of President of McGraw-Hill's Aviation Week, based in New York
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Selected by NASA in June 1985, Henricks became an astronaut in July 1986. His technical assignments to date include: re-evaluating Shuttle landing sites worldwide; Assistant Manager for Engineering Integration in the Shuttle Program Office; Lead Astronaut of the Shuttle Avionics Integration
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mission to date (later that year the STS-80 mission broke its record by 19 hours.) The 16-day mission included studies sponsored by 10 nations and five space agencies, and was the first mission to combine both a full microgravity studies agenda and a comprehensive life science
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launched the night of November 24, 1991. The primary mission objective was the deployment of a Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite with an Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) rocket booster. The mission was concluded after 110 orbits of the Earth returning to a landing on the lakebed at
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rating. He has flown 30 different types of aircraft, has logged over 6,000 hours flying time, and holds an FAA commercial pilot rating.
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test pilot and Chief of the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing Operating Location until his NASA selection. He has 749 parachute jumps and a
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investigation. The Life and Microgravity Spacelab mission served as a model for future studies on board the
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in 1982. He is married and has three children. He currently resides in
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launched June 20, 1996 and landed July 7, 1996, becoming the longest
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City until his departure in 2010 to pursue other opportunities.
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Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)
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He graduated from 225:Henricks was born on July 5, 1952, in 344:Henricks completed pilot training at 7: 295:Air Force Meritorious Service Medals 435:, California, on December 1, 1991. 1114:United States Air Force astronauts 743:← NASA Astronaut Group 11 → 14: 652:Ryba, Jeanne (23 November 2007). 547:Ryba, Jeanne (18 February 2010). 290:Defense Meritorious Service Medal 278:NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal 198:(born July 5, 1952) is a retired 1129:Space Shuttle program astronauts 1084:United States Air Force officers 729: 368:. In 1980, he was reassigned to 181: 176: 171: 166: 668:from the original on 6 May 2021 633:from the original on 6 May 2021 598:from the original on 6 May 2021 563:from the original on 6 May 2021 251:Master of Public Administration 247:United States Air Force Academy 117: 71:United States Air Force Academy 582:Ryba, Jeanne (31 March 2010). 340:Military and flight experience 284:Defense Superior Service Medal 16:American astronaut (born 1952) 1: 1094:Golden Gate University alumni 1029:Astronaut ranks and positions 727:NASA Astronaut Group 11, 1985 617:Ryba, Jeanne (1 April 2010). 300:Air Force Commendation Medals 196:Terence Thomas "Tom" Henricks 1119:American commercial aviators 1124:People from Woodville, Ohio 468:International Space Station 221:Personal life and education 1145: 272:Distinguished Flying Cross 838: 738: 332:Conversion Course Top Gun 237:in 1970. 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Bryan, Ohio
United States Air Force Academy
BS
Golden Gate University
MPA
NASA astronaut
Colonel
USAF
NASA Group 11 (1985)
STS-44
STS-55
STS-70
STS-78




colonel
United States Air Force
NASA
astronaut
Space Shuttle
Bryan, Ohio
Woodville, Ohio
Woodmore High School
Bachelor of Science
Civil Engineering
United States Air Force Academy
Master of Public Administration

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