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Rij, Jerry Jerome
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American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1985. Served at Onizuka AFB, California. Retired from the Air Force in 1995. Thereafter worked in private industry in Virginia.

Status: Inactive; Active 1979-1985. Born: 1950-02-23. Birth Place: Elizabeth, New Jersey.

Bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Newark College of Engineering, 1972.

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Family: Astronaut. Country: USA. Agency: USAF. Bibliography: 4452.

1950 February 23 - .

Birth of Jerry Jerome Rij - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Rij. American engineer military spaceflight engineer astronaut, 1979-1985. Served at Onizuka AFB, California. Retired from the Air Force in 1995. Thereafter worked in private industry in Virginia..

1979 August 1 - .

DoD Astronaut Training Group 1 selected. - . Nation: USA. Related Persons: Casserino, Detroye, Hamel, Higbee, Joseph, Lydon, Payton, Rij, Sefchek, Sundberg, Vidrine, Watterson, Wright, Keith.
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.

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