Loren Shriver
| Loren James Shriver | |
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Nationality | American |
| Status | Retired |
| Born | September 23, 1944 Jefferson, Iowa |
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Other occupation
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Test Pilot |
| Rank | Colonel, USAF |
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Time in space
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16d 02h 04m |
| Selection | 1978 NASA Group |
| Missions | STS-51-C, STS-31, STS-46 |
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Mission insignia
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Loren James Shriver (born September 23, 1944) is a former NASA astronaut, aviator, and a retired US Air Force Colonel.
Career
Shriver currently holds the position of Deputy Director for Launch and Payload Processing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Before taking this position in 1997, he served as the Space Shuttle program Manager for Launch Integration.
Shriver was commissioned in 1967, and served from 1969 to 1973 as a T-38 academic instructor pilot at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. In 1973 he was then assigned to an overseas tour in Thailand. Beginning in 1975, he attended the United States Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California. He was later assigned to the 6512th Test Squadron, and in 1976, he began serving as a test pilot for the F-15 Joint Test Force.
Shriver was selected as an astronaut by NASA in January 1978, participated in three space flights, and logged over 386 hours in space. He was pilot of STS-51-C, launched from Kennedy Space Center on January 24, 1985. He commanded a crew of five on his second mission, STS-31 which launched on April 24, 1990. This five-day flight deployed the Hubble Space Telescope. He also commanded mission STS-46 in 1992.
Personal
Shriver was born in Jefferson, Iowa. He and his wife, Susan Diane, have three daughters, Camilla, Melinda, and Rebecca, and one son, Jered. They reside in Titusville, Florida.
Education
Shriver received a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 1967, and a Master of Science in Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University in 1968.
Awards and honors
- United States Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross
- Defense Superior Service Medal
- Defense Meritorious Service Medal
- Meritorious Service Medal
- Air Force Commendation Medal
- NASA Distinguished Service Medal
- NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal
- NASA Space Flight Medals
- American Astronautical Society Flight Achievement Award, 1990
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Haley Space Flight Award, 1990
- Astronaut Hall of Fame, May 2008.[1][2]
References
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- ↑ U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductee Biographies, retrieved March 25, 2008
- ↑ 2007 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction, retrieved March 25, 2008
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- 1944 births
- Living people
- American astronauts
- People from Brevard County, Florida
- People from Jefferson, Iowa
- Purdue University alumni
- United States Air Force Academy alumni
- United States Air Force officers
- United States Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees
- U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School alumni
- Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)
- Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal
