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Personal: Male. Born in Garden City, New York, USA. US Air Force Bachelor of science in physics from Virginia Military College, 1971. Master of science in engineering physics from U. S. Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 1976 . US Air Force Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: DoD Group 1 - 1979. Inactive Entered space service: August 1979. Left space service: June 1986. Stationed in the Pentagon. Later he joined Hughes Space and Communications, El Segundo, California.
Watterson 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. 1986 July - STS-62-A (cancelled). Planned Department of Defense shuttle mission. Cancelled after Challenger disaster. Would have been first launch from the ill-fated SLC-6 launch site at Vandenberg, California. Bibliography:
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