William McMichael Shepherd

Astronaut
Nationality	American
Born	July 26, 1949 Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Occupation1	Engineer
Rank	Captain, USN
Space time	159d 07h 49m
Selection	1984 NASA Group
Mission(s)	STS-27, STS-41, STS-52, Soyuz TM-31, Expedition 1, STS-102
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William McMichael Shepherd (born July 26, 1949) is an American astronaut who served as commander of the Expedition One crew on the International Space Station. Image File history File links William_Shepherd. ... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Oak Ridge is an incorporated city in Anderson and Roane Counties in East Tennessee, about 25 miles northwest of Knoxville. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article concerns the rank and title of Captain. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... 1958 1959 1960 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1984 1985 1987 1990 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 2000 2003 2004 1958 June 25 - Man In Space Soonest - USA The first group of American astronaut candidates were selected... STS-27 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. ... // (total flights to date in parentheses) Richard N. Richards (2), Commander Robert D. Cabana (1), Pilot William M. Shepherd (2), Mission Specialist 1 Bruce E. Melnick (1), Mission Specialist 2 Thomas D. Akers (1), Mission Specialist 3 Mass: Orbiter Liftoff: 117,749 kg Orbiter Landing: 89,298 kg Payload: 21... // Crew James B. Wetherbee (2), Commander Michael A. Baker (2), Pilot Charles L. Veach (2), Mission Specialist 1 William M. Shepherd (3), Mission Specialist 2 Tamara E. Jernigan (2), Mission Specialist 3 Steven G. MacLean (1), Payload Specialist 1 - Canada Mission parameters Mass: Orbiter landing with payload: 97,201 kg... Crew Launched: ISS Expedition 1 crew: Yuri Gidzenko (2) Sergei Krikalev (5) William Shepherd (4) Landed: Talgat Musabayev (3) Yuri Baturin (2) Dennis Tito (1) - Tourist (U.S.A.) Mission Parameters Mass: ? kg Perigee: 190 km Apogee: 249 km Inclination: 51. ... Expedition 1 was the first expedition to the International Space Station. ... This is a mission of the United States Space Shuttle // Crew James D. Wetherbee (5), Commander James M. Kelly (1), Pilot Andrew S. W. Thomas (3), Mission Specialist Paul W. Richards (1), Mission Specialist Launched ISS Expedition 2 Crew: Yury V. Usachev (4), ISS Commander - Russia James S. Voss (5... Download high resolution version (1224x1185, 206 KB)From NASA File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (829x803, 297 KB)STS-41 mission patch from NASA File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (874x900, 279 KB)sts-52 mission patch File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2492x1990, 333 KB) fr: Insigne de la première mission à bord de la spation spatiale internationale (ISS) source: http://spaceflight. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (4180x4488, 1407 KB) Beschreibung STS102-S-001 (January 2001) --- The central image on the STS-102 crew patch depicts the International Space Station (ISS) in the build configuration that it will have at the time of the arrival and docking of... July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit (MMU) outside the Challenger in 1984. ... ISS redirects here. ...

Shepherd was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Born July 26, 1949, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, but considers Babylon, New York his hometown. He is married to Beth Stringham of Houston, Texas. His mother, Barbara Shepherd, resides in Bethesda, Maryland. His father, George R. Shepherd, is deceased. Oak Ridge is an incorporated city in Anderson and Roane Counties in East Tennessee, about 25 miles northwest of Knoxville. ...

Shepherd graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1971 with a degree in aerospace engineering. After basic training, he became a Navy SEAL. In 1978, he obtained both an SM in mechanical engineering and the degree of Ocean Engineer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Teamwork: Fourth Class Midshipmen lock arms and use ropes made from uniform items as they brace themselves climbing the Herndon Monument The United States Naval Academy, or USNA, is an institution for the undergraduate education of officers of the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. ... Aerospace engineering is the branch of engineering that concerns aircraft, spacecraft, and related topics. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... The term engineers degree may be used to represent a graduate academic degree intermediate in rank between a masters degree and a doctorate (U.S.), or it may also represent a higher (in total, 6-year) degree equivalent to or slightly more extensive than a masters degree... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a private coeducational research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. MIT has five schools and one college, containing 32 academic departments,[2] with a strong emphasis on theoretical, applied, and interdisciplinary scientific and technological research. ...

Shepherd was selected for the NASA astronaut corps in 1984. In 1986 his Navy SEAL training proved unexpectedly useful to NASA as he participated in salvage operations of the space shuttle Challenger after its destruction. Shepherd then served as a mission specialist on three space shuttle flights: mission STS-27 in 1988, mission STS-41 which deployed the Ulysses probe in 1990 and mission STS-52 in 1992. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency of the United States Government, responsible for that nations public space program. ... NASAs Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States governments current manned launch vehicle. ... Space Shuttle Challenger (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-099) was NASAs second Space Shuttle orbiter to be put into service, after Columbia. ... The launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission 51L/STS-33, the 25th of the STS (Space Transportation System) program, began at an estimated time of 16:38:00. ... STS-27 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Atlantis. ... // (total flights to date in parentheses) Richard N. Richards (2), Commander Robert D. Cabana (1), Pilot William M. Shepherd (2), Mission Specialist 1 Bruce E. Melnick (1), Mission Specialist 2 Thomas D. Akers (1), Mission Specialist 3 Mass: Orbiter Liftoff: 117,749 kg Orbiter Landing: 89,298 kg Payload: 21... Ulysses spacecraft Ulysses is an unmanned probe designed to study the Sun at all latitudes. ... // Crew James B. Wetherbee (2), Commander Michael A. Baker (2), Pilot Charles L. Veach (2), Mission Specialist 1 William M. Shepherd (3), Mission Specialist 2 Tamara E. Jernigan (2), Mission Specialist 3 Steven G. MacLean (1), Payload Specialist 1 - Canada Mission parameters Mass: Orbiter landing with payload: 97,201 kg...

In 1993, Shepherd was assigned to program management for the International Space Station (ISS). From October 31, 2000, to March 21, 2001, he and Russian cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergey Krikalev served as the first crew stationed at the ISS in Expedition 1. October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev, former Russian cosmonaut, was born August 27, 1958, in Leningrad, Russia, which has been renamed St. ... Expedition 1 was the first expedition to the International Space Station. ...

Shepherd was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 2003. Congressional Space Medal of Honor The Congressional Space Medal of Honor was authorized by the United States Congress in 1969 to recognize any astronaut who in the performance of his duties has distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious efforts and contributions to the welfare of the Nation and mankind. ...