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Jeffrey Eliot Detroye American Manned Spaceflight Engineer Astronaut. Born 14 January 1955.

Personal: Male. Born in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. US Air Force Bachelor of science in astronautical engineering from USAF Academy, 1977. US Air Force

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: DoD Group 1 - 1979. Inactive Entered space service: August 1979. Left space service: August 1985. Left the astronaut corps in August 1985.

From 1986 worked as a Shuttle Flight Controller.


Detroye Chronology

1 August 1979 - DoD Astronaut Training Group 1 selected.. The group was selected to provide shuttle manned spaceflight engineers to operate military payloads.. Qualifications: USAF, Navy, or Army officers with bachelor's degree in science or engineering; four years experience in flying or space-related activities. Vision minimum 20/150 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20. Maximum sitting blood pressure of 140/90. Height between 150 and 193 cm.. 13 were selected from 222 candidates. The existence of the group was secret until 1985.


1984 July - STS-41-E (cancelled). Planned Department of Defense shuttle mission. Cancelled due to IUS failure.

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