Charles Fullerton
Charles Gordon Fullerton (October 11, 1936 ? August 21, 2013) was a United States Air Force colonel, a USAF and NASA astronaut, and a research pilot at NASA\'s Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, California. His assignments included a variety of flight research and support activities piloting NASA\'s B-52 launch aircraft, the Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), and other multi-engine and high performance aircraft.
Fullerton logged more than 380 hours in space flight, and was a NASA astronaut from September 1969 until November 1986 when he joined the research pilot office at Dryden. In July 1988, he completed a 30-year career with the U.S. Air Force and retired as a colonel. He continued in his position of NASA research pilot as a civilian. Fullerton, his wife, and their two children lived in Lancaster, California.
Spaceflights:
No. Mission Position Time Duration
1 STS-3 Columbia PLT 22.03. - 30.03.1982 8d 00h 04m
2 STS-51F Challenger CDR 29.07. - 06.08.1985 7d 22h 46m
Total 15d 22h 50m
