Geburtsdatum | Samstag, 14. August 1943 |
Geburtsort | Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. |
Todesdatum | Mittwoch, 07. August 2024 |
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Beschreibung | Jon Andrew McBride (born August 14, 1943), is a retired NASA astronaut and American naval officer. Over the course of his career with the United States Navy, McBride served as an aviator, a fighter pilot, a test pilot, and an aeronautical engineer. He had achieved the rank of captain when he retired in 1989. McBride was also an astronaut with NASA, a role in which he piloted STS-41-G, and would have been commander of STS-61-E had the mission not been cancelled in the wake of the Challenger disaster. |
